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detach
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detach
v.
remove, separate, disconnect; send away on a mission (Military)
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Detachment
Detachment may mean:
- Emotional detachment, in psychology, refers to "inability to connect" or "mental assertiveness"
- Detachment (philosophy), a philosophical state
- Detachment (military), a military term
- Detachment (film), an American film
- Detachment fault, geological term associated with large displacements.
- Décollement, a geological term for a zone where rock units are detached from each other
- Retinal detachment, a disorder of the retina
- A term used in the United Kingdom for an enclave or exclave
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detach
Verb
1. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
(antonym) attach
(hypernym) disconnect
(hyponym) break, break off, snap off
(derivation) detachment, disengagement
2. military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
(hypernym) separate, divide
(derivation) detachment
3. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
(synonym) come off, come away
(antonym) attach
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(hyponym) blow off
(derivation) separation, breakup, detachment
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detach
v.
oddělit
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detach
Czas.
odrywać; odłączać
