verb
detach
dih-TACH
verb
1
To remove or separate something from what it was attached to.
"Detach the coupon along the dotted line."
"He detached the trailer from the car."
How to Use Detach
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo take something off or apart from what it was joined to.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
detach from
easily detach
detach a part
Word Forms
detached past tense, detaches singular
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Etymology
From Old French destachier — from the same root as "attach", by adding the negating prefix "de-".