Definition of detached

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Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..

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Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..
Gnomical :: Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic..
Dot :: Dot (v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages..
Debris :: Debris (n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base..
Insulate :: Insulate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate..
Sputterer :: Sputter (n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech..
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..
Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..
Sessile :: Sessile (a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
Fragment :: Fragment (v. t.) A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing..
Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..
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..
Dotted :: Dotted (a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects..
Spiccato :: Spiccato (a.) Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
Raveling :: Raveling (n.) That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture..
Detached :: Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detac.
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism..
Firmless :: Firmless (a.) Detached from substance.
Disengage :: Disengage (v. i.) To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
Isolated :: Isolated (a.) Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
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