Detach

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.

Synonyms: separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw;; draw off. See Detail.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. Tennyson.