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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His nephew, Alex Fries — the son of Renner’s sister Kym — was detaching the chain connecting the car to the plow, but Renner couldn’t see him and became concerned for his safety.
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Bridge The Leadership Gap When a critical disconnect emerges between senior management and frontline operations, executives often become increasingly detached from their workforce's day-to-day realities.
—Jessica Kriegel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The original plan called for Axiom to detach a multi-module group from the ISS, creating a commercial outpost in low Earth orbit that will continue operating after the ISS is gone.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Bridge The Leadership Gap When a critical disconnect emerges between senior management and frontline operations, executives often become increasingly detached from their workforce's day-to-day realities.
—Jessica Kriegel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The original plan called for Axiom to detach a multi-module group from the ISS, creating a commercial outpost in low Earth orbit that will continue operating after the ISS is gone.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detach. Accessed 18 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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