1. Cause to become detached or separated; take off
   "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" 
2. Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
   "detach a regiment" 
3. Come to be detached
   "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
   - come off, come away

Derived forms: detaching, detaches, detached

See also: detachment

Type of: disconnect, divide, part, separate

Antonym: attach

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