detach

tr.v., -tached, -tach·ing, -tach·es.

1. To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.
2. To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
3. To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.

[French détacher, from Old French destachier : des-, de- + attachier, to attach; see attach.]

detachability de·tach'a·bil'i·ty n.
detachable de·tach'a·ble adj.
detachably de·tach'a·bly adv.

verb

1. To separate one thing from another thing: disconnect, disengage, uncouple. See assemble/disassemble.
2. To become or cause to become apart one from another: break, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See assemble/disassemble.
3. To remove from association with: abstract, disassociate, disengage, dissociate, withdraw. See assemble/disassemble.

v

Definition: disconnect, cut off
Antonyms: attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite

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v. (usually be detached) send (a group of soldiers or ships) on a separate mission: we were detached to Tabuk for the exercise.

detachability n. detachable adj.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To unfasten and separate.

It was a grisly scene when the gondola detached from the cable.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frigøre, klippe, udsende, detachere

Nederlands (Dutch)
losmaken/-raken, scheiden, detacheren (militair), uitzenden

Français (French)
v. tr. - détacher, séparer

Deutsch (German)
v. - trennen, entkoppeln, abkommandieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσπώ/-ώμαι (από το κύριο σώμα κ.λπ.), αφαιρώ, ξεκολλώ, αποχωρίζω/-ομαι, (στρατ.) αναθέτω αποστολή

Italiano (Italian)
separare, staccare, distaccare

idioms:

• detach from    separare da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - destacar

idioms:

• detach from    separar de

Русский (Russian)
отделять, разъединять, направлять

idioms:

• detach from    отделять от

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - separar, desvincular, despegar, destacar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lösgöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分开, 分遣, 分离

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分開, 分遣, 分離

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분리하다, (군대를) 파병하다, 공정한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引き離す, 派遣する

idioms:

• detach from    引き離す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيل شئ من شئ أكبر أو أطول منه, يفصل, يرسل مجموعه من الجنود أو السفن مثلا من أصل مجموعه أكبر بعيدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפריש, הקצה, הפריד, ניתק‬

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