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Detached   /dɪtˈætʃt/  /ditˈætʃt/   Listen
verb
Detach  v. t.  (past & past part. detached; pres. part. detaching)  
1.
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.
2.
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.
Synonyms: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See Detail.



Detach  v. i.  To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. "(A vapor) detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights."



adjective
Detached  adj.  Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire."
Detached escapement. See Escapement.






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"Detached" Quotes from Famous Books



... in 1858, after Hawthorne had left the consulate, and containing what must have been the earliest sketch of the story, as he then conceived it. It begins abruptly, and proceeds uncertainly, at the rate of a few pages each day, for about a month. Detached passages of narration alternate with abstracts of the proposed plot, and analysis of the characters. The chief interest seems to lie in the project which a young American has formed, during a visit to England, of tracing ...
— A Study Of Hawthorne • George Parsons Lathrop

... had been detached from the left wing of the Salonica forces and had come overland in order to deal with the situation in Montenegro. The Austrians had been in a woeful plight; it was regarded as a punishment to serve in Montenegro and Albania, not only because of the lack ...
— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 • Henry Baerlein

... operations; she accordingly leaned back in the carriage, and, closing her eyes, meditated on her plan of action. Bidding the coachman pull up at the corner of Brock street, she alighted, and proceeded on foot towards the house: it was a semi-detached cottage, with a small garden in front, the dwelling being only a few feet from the street. Inside all was, apparently, quiet as usual, but Mrs. Wilkie thought she heard a soft, measured song, as if some one were singing a child to sleep. Approaching the window she caught a glimpse ...
— The Mysteries of Montreal - Being Recollections of a Female Physician • Charlotte Fuhrer

... but a few yards distant, is the Baptistery, but, unfortunately, we were too late to obtain admittance. It is a beautiful, circular structure some 160 feet in diameter, surrounded by columns below, and a gallery of smaller detached columns above, covered with a conical dome 190 feet high. The building was commenced in 1153, but was not finally completed until 1278. It is famous ...
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— Little Essays of Love and Virtue • Havelock Ellis


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