| detach | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. detach | cause to become detached or separated; take off.; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
| ~ snap off, break off, break | break a piece from a whole.; "break a branch from a tree" |
| ~ unbind | untie or unfasten.; "unbind the feet of this poor woman" |
| ~ disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten. |
| ~ unhook | take off a hook. |
| v. (motion) | 2. detach | separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment.; "detach a regiment" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ divide, separate | make a division or separation. |
| v. (contact) | 3. come away, come off, detach | come to be detached.; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery" |
| ~ blow off | come off due to an explosion or other strong force. |
| ~ chop off, lop off, cut off | remove by or as if by cutting.; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" |
| ~ unsolder | remove the soldering from. |
| ~ fall off | come off.; "This button had fallen off" |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| tear off | | |
| v. (change) | 1. tear away, tear off | rip off violently and forcefully.; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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