· cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

Hypernym(s): disconnect

Antonym(s): attach

· separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

Hypernym(s): separate, divide

· come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

Synonym(s): come_off, come_away

Hypernym(s): separate, divide, part

Antonym(s): attach

· showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"

Synonym(s): degage, uninvolved

· being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

Synonym(s): isolated, separated, set-apart

· no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"

Synonym(s): separated

· used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

Antonym(s): attached

· lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"

Synonym(s): unaffectionate, uncaring

· not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

Synonym(s): free