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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This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.
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Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Research published in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association found that emotionally distant individuals are not detached due to apathy, but because emotional closeness feels threatening.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The survivors treaded water and used cushions from the boat as flotation devices before the boat’s chief officer was able to detach and inflate a life raft, the report said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Those attachments detached after the shuttle reached a predetermined altitude.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
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Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Research published in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association found that emotionally distant individuals are not detached due to apathy, but because emotional closeness feels threatening.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The survivors treaded water and used cushions from the boat as flotation devices before the boat’s chief officer was able to detach and inflate a life raft, the report said.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Those attachments detached after the shuttle reached a predetermined altitude.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detach. Accessed 20 May. 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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