Definition of detach

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Detach (v. t.) 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..

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Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
Isolate :: Isolate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings..
Ephyra :: Ephyra (n.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila..
Disincorporate :: Disincorporate (v. t.) To detach or separate from a corporation.
Unship :: Unship (v. t.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller..
Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached..
Junction :: "Junction (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Unsecularize :: Unsecularize (v. t.) To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
Dot :: Dot (v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages..
Dotted :: Dotted (a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects..
Detach :: Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Party :: Party (v.) A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket..
Detachable :: Detachable (a.) That can be detached.
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