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   Detach , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching.] [F. détacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. dé (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.]
   To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
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   To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
   Syn. -- To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See Detail.
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   Detach, v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
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   [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold,
   From those still heights.
   Tennyson.
   
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