detach
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(verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
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Related Words: break, break off, disconnect, snap off, unbind, unhook |
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Antonyms: attach |
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(verb) come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" |
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Synonyms: come away, come off |
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Related Words: blow off, chop off, cut off, divide, fall off, lop off, part, separate, unsolder |
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Antonyms: attach |
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(verb) military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment; "detach a regiment" |
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Related Words: divide, separate |
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