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1. No longer connected or joined
   "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached";
   - separated
    
2. Showing lack of emotional involvement
   "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive";
   - dégagé, uninvolved
    
3. Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
   "she felt detached from the group";
   - isolated, separated, set-apart, out on a limb
    
4. Lacking affection or warm feeling
   - unaffectionate, uncaring
    
5. Not fixed in position
   "the detached shutter fell on him";
   - free
    
6. (architecture) used of buildings; standing apart from others
   "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

1. Cause to become unconnected or separated; take off
   "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
    
2. Come to be detached
   "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery";
   - come off, come away
    
3. (military) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
   "detach a regiment"

See also: freestanding, semidetached, separate, unconcerned, unconnected, unfixed, unloving

Type of: disconnect, divide, part, separate

Antonym: attach, attached

Encyclopedia: Detached