detach | ||
1. | [ verb ] cause to become detached or separated; take off | |
Examples: | "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
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Related terms: | attach disconnect unhook unbind break detachment | |
2. | [ verb ] (military) military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment | |
Examples: | "detach a regiment" |
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Related terms: | separate detachment | |
3. | [ verb ] come to be detached | |
Synonyms: | come_away come_off | |
Examples: | "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" |
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Related terms: | attach separate cut_off fall_off blow_off unsolder separation | |
Similar spelling: |
Deitch Deutsch Deitsch deutzia Deitz Deets Deats |