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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,
     staccare); pref. d['e] (L. dis) + the root found also in E.
     attach. See {Attach}, and cf. {Staccato}.]
     1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the
        opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous


        root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or
        from a party.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used
        especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from
        a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
  
     Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin;
          withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detach \De*tach"\, v. i.
     To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to
     disengage.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold,
           From those still heights.                --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detach
       v 1: cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the
            skin from the chicken before you eat it" [ant: {attach}]
       2: military use: 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" [syn: {come off}, {come away}] [ant:
          {attach}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "detach":
     abstract, accredit, assign, authorize, break up, call up, cast off,
     charge, charter, commandeer, commission, commit, conscript,
     consign, cut off, deactivate, debrief, delegate, demob, demobilize,
     depute, deputize, detach for service, detail, devolute, devolve,
     devolve upon, disaffiliate, disassemble, disband, discharge,
     disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, disjoin,
     dismantle, dismember, dismiss, dismount, disorganize, disperse,
     dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divorce, doff, draft, empower,
     enlist, enroll, entrust, free, give in charge, go separate ways,
     impress, induct, join, let go, levy, liberate, license, list,
     loose, loosen, mission, mobilize, muster, muster in, muster out,
     part, part company, post, press, raise, recruit, release, remove,
     scatter, send out, separate, sever, sign on, sign up, split up,
     summon, sunder, take apart, take off, transfer, unbar, unbind,
     unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, uncouple, undo,
     unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock,
     unloose, unloosen, unstick, unstrap, untie, warrant,
     weigh anchor
  
  

















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