detach

1. Cause to become detached or separated;
   Take off (synset 201301254)
   "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
   is a type of: disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
   subtypes:

   • break, break off, snap off - break a piece from a whole
   • unbind - untie or unfasten
   • unhook - take off a hook
2. Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment (synset 202035467)
   "detach a regiment"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: divide, separate - make a division or separation
3. Come to be detached (synset 201302344)
   "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
   is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
   subtypes:

   • blow off - come off due to an explosion or other strong force
   • chop off, cut off, lop off - remove by or as if by cutting
   • unsolder - remove the soldering from
   • fall off - come off
   same as: come away, come off

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