detach[verb]Synonyms: separate, cut off, disconnect, disengage, divide, remove, sever, tear off, unfasten
Antonyms: affix, attach
Contrasted words: fasten, fix, bind, tie, combine, conjoin, unite
Related Idioms: take apart
Related Words: cut off,
divorce,
part,
separate,
sever,
sunder,
disjoin,
disunite,
disassemble,
dismantle,
dismember,
dismount,
disaffiliate [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧tach /dɪˈtætʃ/
verb [
Word Family: noun:
attachment,
detachment;
adjective: attached ≠
unattached ≠
detached,
detachable;
verb:
attach ≠
detach]
[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: détacher, from Old French destachier, from atachier 'to attach']
1. [intransitive and transitive] if you detach something, or if it detaches, it becomes separated from the thing it was attached to
Antonym : attachdetach something from something
You can detach the hood from the jacket. Please detach and fill out the application form.2. detach yourself from somebody/something to try to be less involved in or less concerned about a situation:
Doctors have to detach themselves from their feelings. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲