Detach Definition

dĭ-tăch
detached, detaches
verb
detached, detaches
To unfasten or separate and remove; disconnect; disengage.
Webster's New World
To remove from association or union with something.
Detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
American Heritage
To send (troops, ships, etc.) on a special mission.
Webster's New World

To take apart from; to take off.

To detach the tag from a newly purchased garment.
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Origin of Detach

  • French détacher from Old French destachier des- de- attachier to attach attach

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese destacar.

    From Wiktionary

Detach Sentence Examples

  • It is, therefore, impossible to detach Ex.

  • Meanwhile he sought to detach Great Britain and Austria from the alliance.

  • Truth and error are about the individual and attach or detach predicates correctly and incorrectly.

  • In 1810 he was accredited to the court of Dresden, where he tried in vain to detach Saxony from Napoleon, and in 1814 he accompanied his father on a secret mission to Rome.

  • But no territorial power had as yet arisen in North Germany capable of subjugating and utilizing the towns, though it could detach the inland towns from the League.

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Words Starting With

DDEDET

Words Ending With

HCHACH

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detach

Words Starting With D and Ending With H

Starts With D & Ends With HStarts With DE & Ends With HStarts With D & Ends With CH

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With H