What does "detach" mean?
Detach: 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. See Detail.
Additional senses
- 2.To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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