51Թ

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detach

[ dih-tach ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
  2. Military. to send away (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.


detach

/ ɪˈæʃ /

verb

  1. to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect
  2. military to separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp for a special assignment
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ󲹲, adjective
  • ˈٲ, noun
  • ˌٲˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ٲa· adjective
  • ·ٲa·i·ٲ noun
  • ·ٲa· adverb
  • ·ٲİ noun
  • non·ٲa·i·ٲ noun
  • non·ٲa· adjective
  • d·ٲ verb (used with object)
  • -·ٲiԲ adjective
  • un·ٲa· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of detach1

1470–80; < Middle French éٲ, Old French destachier; dis- 1, attach
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of detach1

C17: from Old French destachier, from des- dis- 1+ attachier to attach
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It is why detached observers are led to the conclusion City's football is regimented.

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This allows her heart to deflate, allowing the "very tricky" procedure to detach part of her heart - the right ventricular outflow tract - and the pulmonary artery from where it has stuck to her skin.

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But now, with Trump turning American economic power against friend and foe alike, we risk sliding into something closer to autarky, a world where the U.S. stands alone, detached from any coherent bloc.

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To him, the apartment felt detached and a difficult place in which to welcome guests.

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Ellen's account burns with the electricity of the moment: Matthew still detached, being scientific and “taking the group pulse.”

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