v. 25B6; verb
he detached the lamp from its bracket : UNFASTEN, disconnect, disengage, separate, uncouple, remove, loose, unhitch, unhook, free, disunite; pull off, cut off, break off.
he detached himself from the crowd : FREE, separate, segregate; move away, split off; leave, abandon.
he has detached himself from his family : DISSOCIATE, divorce, alienate, separate, segregate, isolate, cut off; break away, disaffiliate, defect; leave, quit, withdraw from, break with.
attach, join.