detach
verbUK, US /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ · AU /dəˈtæt͡ʃ/
Etymology From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
1
To take apart from; to take off.
- to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.1994, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN:
2
Government, Military, Politics, War To separate for a special object or use.
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
3
To come off something.
- Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.
- Antonyms
- attach
- Derived terms
- detachability, detachable, detacher, detachment, redetach