Detach

Quick meaning: Detach is a verb meaning (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.

Meaning

(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.
2. (intransitive) To come off something.

Example Sentences

to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment

to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment

Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.

The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.

Word Forms

• detaches
• detaching
• detached

Synonyms for detach

Depending on context, synonyms include disengage, unfasten, deadhere, allocate, earmark, fall off.

Antonyms for detach

Common opposites include attach.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include come off, decouple, remove, sever, unplug, disassemble.

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