detach

present singular third person detaches · participle present detaching · participle past detached · past detached

1. transitiveTo take apart from; to take off.

   to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment

   1 more example

   The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.

   1994, David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN

   Synonyms: disengage

2. transitivegovernmentTo separate for a special object or use.

   to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment

   Synonyms: allocate

3. intransitiveTo come off something.

   Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.

   Synonyms: fall off