detachment

Converse of object

• send: In 1957, during an uprising in Muscat the Squadron sent a detachment of aircraft to Bahrain in support of British troops.
• command: In 1645, he commanded the detachment sent from Lord Leven's army against the Marquis of Montrose.

Adjective modifier

• retinal: The only threat to vision is the small chance of a retinal tear leading to a retinal detachment.
• vitreous: Recurrence of symptoms occurred in only 1 patient at 3 months, due to only a partial vitreous detachment being obtained.
• rhegmatogenous: Patients were selected from all patients undergoing primary vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
• posterior: Posterior vitreous detachment does not in itself cause any permanent loss of vision.
• ironic: Of ironic detachment of the mortgage-backed with the rest five men who.
• armed: The government sent out armed workers' detachments for grain.

Modifies a noun

surgery: Most retinal detachment surgery is successful, although a second operation is sometimes needed.

Noun used with modifier

• RAF: Over the next few months the RAF detachment flew shuttle flights into Dilli, East Timor with a round trip taking 3½ hours.
• combat: But without organized combat detachments, the most heroic masses will be smashed bit by bit by the Fascist gangs.
• gun: He was in charge of the machine gun detachment of the battalion.

Preposition: of

• retina: Some experience less common symptoms such as abdominal pain or sudden loss of vision due to detachment of the retina.
• regiment: In addition, a detachment of the RAF Regiment is stationed at RAF Akrotiri to assist with airfield defense.
• troop: The First detachment of native troops from India entering Suez Roads.
• soldier: In January 1963 a further detachment of 14 soldiers was sent to Korea for the Honor Guard under Lieut C C Reeves.
• guard: He also used a detachment of Scots Guards to assist police during a house siege in Sidney Street in East London in January 1911.
• army: We were put into digs with a woman whose son was in a detachment of the Australian army based in Singapore.

Preposition: from

• regiment: Detachments from the regiment were present at the ceremony to unveil the memorial.
• reality: Source That sort of detachment from reality is the hallmark of New Labor.