(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing ~es from another, it becomes separated from it. (FORMAL)
Detach the white part of the application form and keep it...
It is easy to ~ the currants from the stems...
There was an accident when the towrope ~ed from the car.
VERB: V n, V n from n, V from n
2.
If you ~ yourself from something, you become less involved in it or less concerned about it than you used to be.
It helps them ~ themselves from their problems and become more objective.
VERB: V pron-refl from n