| VERB | contact | detach | cause to become detached or separated |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | detach | separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | |
| contact | detach, come off, come away | come to be detached |
| Sounds | dihtae'ch; diytae'ch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | attach ... thatch / Thatch: 16 rhymes with aech... | |
| Meaning | Cause to become detached or separated; take off. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" | |
| Narrower | break, break off, snap off | break a piece from a whole |
| unbind | untie or unfasten | |
| unhook | Take off a hook | |
| Broader | disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten |
| Opposite | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Spanish | desacoplar, despegar, desvincular, separar | |
| Catalan | desenganxar, desvincular, separar | |
| Nouns | detachment | the act of releasing from an attachment or connection |
| Meaning | separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "detach a regiment" | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | separate, divide | make a division or separation |
| Nouns | detachment | a small unit of troops of special composition |
| Meaning | Come to be detached. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" | |
| Synonyms | come off, come away | |
| Narrower | blow off | come off due to an explosion or other strong force |
| cut off, chop off, lop off | Remove by or as if by cutting | |
| fall off | come off | |
| unsolder | Remove the soldering from | |
| Broader | separate, divide, part | come apart |
| Opposite | attach | Become attached |
| Spanish | apartar, desatar, desfijar, desligar, despegar, desunir, separar | |
| Catalan | allunyar, apartar, desenganxar, deslligar, desunir, separar | |
| Nouns | detachment | coming apart |
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