detached; detaching; detaches
1
: to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage
Examples of detach in a Sentence
Detach the upper part of the form and return it with your payment.
During the accident the trailer was detached from the car.
The brush detaches from the vacuum cleaner for easy cleaning.
It can be difficult to detach yourself from the chaos of the situation.
She has been trying to detach herself from an abusive relationship.
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The first stage, or the rocket’s bottommost portion, fired its engines for more than three minutes before detaching from New Glenn’s upper portion.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
After birth, the placenta naturally detaches and is expelled after the baby is born during vaginal birth or is removed by doctors during a c-section.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
The video shows a wooden beam partially detached from its framework.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, parts of the vortex can detach and meander south.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
After birth, the placenta naturally detaches and is expelled after the baby is born during vaginal birth or is removed by doctors during a c-section.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
The video shows a wooden beam partially detached from its framework.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, parts of the vortex can detach and meander south.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for detach
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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detach. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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detach
verb
de·tach
di-ˈtach 
: to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage
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