detach

de·tach  (d-tch)

tr.v. de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·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.

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

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de·tacha·bili·ty n.

de·tacha·ble adj.

de·tacha·bly adv.

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detach

Verb

1. to disengage and separate

2. Mil to send (a regiment, officer, etc.) on a special assignment [Old French destachier]

detachable adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" snap off, break off, break - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" unbind - untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman" disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten unhook - take off a hook attach - cause to be attached
	2.	detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" divide, separate - make a division or separation
	3.	detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" come away, come off blow off - come off due to an explosion or other strong force chop off, lop off, cut off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" unsolder - remove the soldering from fall off - come off; "This button had fallen off" divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"

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detach

verb 1. separate, free, remove, divide, isolate, cut off, sever, loosen, segregate, disconnect, tear off, disengage, disentangle, unfasten, disunite, uncouple, unhitch, disjoin, unbridle << OPPOSITE attach

verb 2. free, remove, separate, isolate, cut off, segregate, disengage

Translations

detach [dɪˈtætʃ] vt → separar (= unstick); despegar

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detach [dɪˈtætʃ] vt → détacher

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detach [dɪˈtætʃ] vt (remove) → entfernen;

(unclip) → abnehmen;

(unstick) → ablösen

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detach [dɪˈtætʃ] vt → staccare, distaccare