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- pronunciation:
- dih
taech
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
detaches, detaching, detached |
| definition 1: |
to separate from some whole.
You must detach the coupon before using it.He detached himself from his old friends.- synonyms:
- disconnect, disjoin, unfasten, unhitch
- antonyms:
- affix, attach
- similar words:
- disengage, dissociate, divide, isolate, part, separate, sever, uncouple
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| definition 2: |
to send (a group of soldiers or the like) on a specific mission.
Additional troops have been detached to quell the disturbance.- synonyms:
- dispatch
- similar words:
- charge, commission, send
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| related words: |
abstract, pick, release, segregate |
adverb + (v.)detach
bit,
carefully,
completely,
coolly,
curiously,
easily,
emotionally,
equally,
fully,
increasingly,
kind,
oddly,
partly,
physically,
socially,
somehow,
somewhat,
sort,
strangely,
totally,
utterly
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(v.)detach
+ adverb
altogether, mentally, neither
(v.)detach
+ noun
battalion,
body,
cable,
cluster,
component,
concrete,
emotion,
hip,
identity,
objective,
observation,
observer,
pouch,
present,
reality,
rest,
self,
skin,
strap,
substrate,
surroundings,
unit,
wheel,
wing,
wire
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| derivation: |
detachable (adj.) |
The word detach
contains the following part:
de-
Latin
prefix
that means from; away from; down from; reverse, negate.
  Example words:
biodegradable, debase, debate, decay, deceive, deception, decide, decision, decline, decode, decriminalize, deduct, defer, defoliant, deform, defy, degrade, dehydrate, deject, delete, demagnetize, demerit, demoralize, demote, depend, deplete, deport, depose, deprive, descend, describe, description, desegregate, design, designate, despicable, despise, detach, detect, detract, devolve, indefeasible, independence, indescribable, indestructible
- synonyms:
- dis-, un-
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