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- Detach - v. t. - To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
- Detach - v. t. - To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
- Detach - v. i. - To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
- Detachable - a. - That can be detached.
- Detached - imp. & p. p. - of Detach
- Detached - a. - Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.
- Detaching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Detach
- Detachment - n. - The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
- Detachment - n. - That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
- Detachment - n. - Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
- Unfix - v. t. - To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
- Wean - a. - Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.
- Unlimber - v. t. - To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
- Disincorporate - v. t. - To detach or separate from a corporation.
- Uncoach - v. t. - To detach or loose from a coach.
- Detach - v. t. - To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
- Detach - v. t. - To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
- Unsecularize - v. t. - To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.