detach

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verb

1. cause to become detached or separated;
take off (Freq. 3)
- detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it
• Ant:
attach
• Derivationally related forms:
detachment
• Hypernyms:
disconnect
• Hyponyms:
break, break off, snap off, unbind, unhook
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment (Freq. 1)
- detach a regiment
• Derivationally related forms:
detachment
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. come to be detached
- His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
• Syn:
come off, come away
• Ant:
attach
• Derivationally related forms:
detachment
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Hyponyms:
blow off, cut off, chop off, lop off, unsolder, fall off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  come off, come away