detach
ਵੱਖ
definition
verb
he detached the front lamp from its bracket
disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.
our crew was detached to Puerto Rico for the exercise
send (a group of soldiers or ships) on a separate mission.
example
Glochids 'detach' very easily on contact and cause intense skin irritation.
Infected green fruit turn light brown to purple, shrivel, and 'detach' easily.
Removable pellicles 'detach' during each exposure, which increases the risk of generating particles.
This, Stuart was told, would give enough time to 'detach' the hooks from their mouths and let them free, with relatively little danger to the catcher.
If the units are attached to each other, you can either 'detach' them and lower them separately or lower them as one.
In order to mobilise people in support of what they perceive to be the needs of the Australian ruling class, the Greens 'detach' politics from their economic foundations.
After her brief romance with Dudley, Elizabeth sought to 'detach' her emotions from political considerations.
They were unable to pull the 3,000-pound anchor to get separation between the two vessels and thus needed to 'detach' the anchor.
It would set the strategic direction of the NHS and is designed to 'detach' the service from political interference.
Do not 'detach' them from the parent plant at this stage.
a willingness to 'detach' comment from political allegiance
That will 'detach' the front panel - but be careful not to pull too far, or you'll yank out the front panel cables.
It is Velcroed to the spreader bar and easily 'detaches' and reattaches.
It was a busy night, our phone was one of those where the base has the ringer but the handset 'detaches' , so you can wander around and forget where you left it.
I tried to pull the bacon out, but I could only grab a slick rind, which 'detached itself from' the main body of the blockage and left me choking.
If you're in any way a regular consumer of news media, you've probably got that condition where, when a word is repeated enough times, it sort of 'detaches' from its meaning and just becomes a sound with no connotation.
The customizable ballmark 'detaches' from the hat to mark your golf ball's place on the green.
Dr. Hecky said, ‘During these months the algae 'detaches' from the bottom of the lakes, floats to the surface and is washed up onto beaches where it decomposes.’
The gingiva 'detaches' from the tooth, the periodontal membrane and alveolar bone are damaged, and an abnormal gap develops between the tooth and gum.
In the holy desert where the monk gives up everything, Merton 'detaches himself from' all that is false, artificial and, in Capps's words, ‘contrary to reality's deepest and truest currents.’
Yamamoto's Midway Force had also 'detached' a powerful Aleutian Screening Force to act as distant cover for Kakuta but this was withdrawn when the battle off Midway failed to go Yamamoto's way.
When he is talking about himself in the third person he is 'detaching himself from' the actual situation you're discussing.
I 'detached myself from' my own city, Leicester, and went to Leeds.
By 'detaching itself from' practical actions and their consequences, it can lead to theory isolated from reality.
Five mature leaves were 'detached' from each one of ten A1 shoots belonging to five different individuals of each species.
So detachment does not mean detaching yourself from the results of your efforts but 'detaching yourself from' the rewards of your efforts.
The front of the faceplate easily 'detaches' by depressing a small button on either side and pulling it forwards.
He seems to suggest that spiritual beliefs are 'detachable' , something to be put aside when we get down to the serious business of building a society.
They fit the crimson satin cap, the sumptuous ermine trim and a 'detachable' gold braid tassel (to be used when the arches are removed).
Rear Admiral Sakazawa 'detached' Honor from the offensive in Sutran to scout the unknown wormhole in the system.
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