Associations to the word «Detach»

Wiktionary

DETACH, verb. To take apart from; to take off.
DETACH, verb. (military) To separate for a special object or use.

Dictionary definition

DETACH, verb. Cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it".
DETACH, verb. Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment".
DETACH, verb. Come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca