detach
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/
(US)
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/dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ (US) · /dəˈtæt͡ʃ/
Definition of detach
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To take apart from; to take off.
“to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment”
“The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.”
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verb
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(transitive)To take apart from; to take off.
“to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment”
“The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.”
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(transitive)To separate for a special object or use.
“to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment”
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(intransitive)To come off something.
“Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
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