detach

[dih-tach] /dɪˈtætʃ/
verb (used with object)
1.
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
2.
Military. to send away (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.
Origin
1470-80; < Middle French détacher, Old French destachier; see dis-1, attach
Related forms
detachable, adjective
detachability, noun
detachably, adverb
detacher, noun
nondetachability, noun
nondetachable, adjective
predetach, verb (used with object)
self-detaching, adjective
undetachable, adjective
Examples from the web for detach
  • They can also detach their tails if caught and will grow another without permanent damage.
  • If the weed is twined around desirable plants, detach it before treating.
  • See how great whites detach their jaws and devour thirty pounds of flesh at a time.
  • When figs are ripe, they detach easily when lifted and bent back toward the branch.
  • detach stems, halve lengthwise if they are thick, and place in bowl of lemon water.
  • With many movies of this type you have to detach yourself from reality.
  • These blogs might be pretty boring if it were otherwise, but it's helpful to understand and detach from your conditioning.
  • For example, humidity changes may cause parts of a pasta bas-relief to detach from their backing.
  • The rebels fought with desperation, hoping to detach our divisions and crush them in detail.
  • He felt the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee detach from the bone.
British Dictionary definitions for detach

detach

/dɪˈtætʃ/
verb (transitive)
1.
to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect
2.
(military) to separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp for a special assignment
Derived Forms
detachable, adjective
detachability, noun
detacher, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Old French destachier, from des-dis-1 + attachier to attach
Word Origin and History for detach
v.

1680s, from French détacher "to detach, untie," from Old French destachier, from des- "apart" + attachier "attach" (see attach). Related: Detached; detaching.

detach in Medicine

detach de·tach (dĭ-tāch')
v. de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es

  1. To separate or unfasten; disconnect.

  2. To remove from association or union with something.