detach Definition
de·tach (dē tac̸h′, di-)
detach Related Forms
de·tach′·abil′·ity noun
de·tach′·able adjective
detach Synonyms
detach Usage Examples
Object
- semi: These can be further broken down into detached, semi, terrace or flat types.
- bungalow: FEATURES: Two bedroomed detached bungalow set within mature garden grounds.
- garage: There is also a detached triple garage with driveway parking.
- villa: A few detached villas lay along part of the south side of Spring Place.
- bedroomed: FEATURES: Two bedroomed detached bungalow set within mature garden grounds.
- bedroom: The Warwick A five bedroom detached house with integrated double garage.
Used with why or when
when: You're often being emotional when you think you're being rational and detached when you are expressing how you feel.
Adjective complement
Victorian: Beaufort House Hotel is a detached Victorian, licensed Bed & Breakfast in Sandown offering 14 bedrooms.
Modifying Another Word
- curiously: But Scannell is curiously detached from the children whose shocking futures he anticipates.
- emotionally: Others see you as a good friend and comrade, who is objective, fair, and rather detached emotionally.
- somewhat: The passage has always appeared somewhat detached from the body of the work, and its purpose has long been something of a puzzle.
- completely: Extent and Medium 6 volumes; paper; The spines of many of the volumes are damaged and in some cases are completely detached.
- slightly: He brought an essential element of sadness to the role of a man always slightly detached from the action.
- partially: Some of these necrotic lesions became torn and partially detached or with a shothole effect.
Preposition: from
- reality: But most of the content of the book is detached from reality and looks like a draft of yet another utopia.
- rest: The rear carriage derailed and slewed sideways, detaching from the rest of the train.
- context: Those rules, beside, cannot always be detached from the historical context that gave rise to their formulation in the first place.
- frame: Clamps with a locking head are less likely to become accidentally detached from the wheelchair frame.
- wall: The most usual way in which these problems manifest themselves is when the cement render becomes detached from the wall in areas.
- body: The passage has always appeared somewhat detached from the body of the work, and its purpose has long been something of a puzzle.
Browse dictionary entries near detach
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- ‹ desultory
- ‹ desulfurize
- ‹ desuetude
- ‹ destructor
- ‹ destructive distillation
- ‹ destructive
- ‹ destructionist
- ‹ destruction
- ‹ destructible
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