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detachable

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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.

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

de·tacha·bili·ty n.
de·tacha·ble adj.
de·tacha·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.detachable - designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; "shirts with detachable collars"
attachable - capable of being fastened or added to something else; "a handle attachable by two bolts"
Translations
detachable [dɪˈtætʃəbl] ADJ [collar, lining] → postizo, separable; [parts] → desmontable, extraíble
detachable [dɪˈtætʃəbəl] adjamovible, détachable
detachable
adj part of machine, collar, legsabnehmbar; section of documentabtrennbar (from von); liningausknöpfbar; (with zip) → ausreißbar; detachable hoodabnehmbare Kapuze
detachable [dɪˈtætʃəbl] adjstaccabile, smontabile
detachable [dɪˈtætʃəbl] adjstaccabile, smontabile


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To remove Mugambi's loin cloth without awakening him would be impossible, and the only detachable things were the knob-stick and the pouch, which had fallen from the black's shoulder as he rolled in sleep.
 
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