detach

Definition

To take apart from; to take off.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment"