Definition of "detach" []

• To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat. (verb-transitive)
• To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group. (verb-transitive)
• To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission. (verb-transitive)

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• "MMORPG are really fun and so emersive that you can detach from the real world very easily."
• "Lastly, detach from the outcome to silence the internal judge that tell you you will never get it."
• "In a second incident, a hardware failure caused the drop-side rail to detach from the crib."