DETACH


Meaning of DETACH in English

(~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

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