detachmentnoun
uk/dɪˈtætʃ.mənt/us/dɪˈtætʃ.mənt/detachment noun (ARMY GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty:
a military detachment
A detachment of Italian soldiers was sent to the area.
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- bomb squad
- command
- commissariat
- contingent
- corps
- division
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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detachment noun (NO EMOTION)
[ U ] a feeling of not being emotionally involved:
to have an air of detachment
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- internalize
- phlegmatic
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
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