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Word entry · 6 letters

detach

Best crossword clue

"Separate from"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/Part of speech verbSorted acdehtStarts with DEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2E3T4A5C6H

Definitions

  1. cause to become detached or separated; take off

Word origin

From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

Used in a sentence

  • to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
  • 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.
  • to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment

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