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Disconnected and not attached to anything
“The artist's impression reveals a different approach to the usual suburban layout of detached homes arranged in cul-de-sacs.”
Having been severed or cut off
“The zombie can still perform tasks as per normal despite the detached limb.”
Cold or aloof in manner or behavior
“My closest friends had read what I had written and had responded in a detached and impersonal way.”
Objective or unbiased in one's judgment
“Their justice or injustice, glory or baseness, beauty or ugliness, appears only to those capable of detached judgment.”
Standing on its own apart from the others
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly
Not easily upset or excited
Having a passive or uninvolved attitude or approach
Being (alone) by oneself
Able to function or operate independently
Not connected with or relevant to something
Arrogantly superior and disdainful
Existing in isolation
Past tense for to separate or disconnect two previously attached parts or objects
“They were unable to pull the 3,000-pound anchor to get separation between the two vessels and thus needed to detach the anchor.”
Past tense for to separate for a special object or use
“There is something rather magical in the way helicopters effortlessly detach themselves from the ground and spiral up into the sky.”
Past tense for to cut oneself off from a group or society
“The individual in quest of his salvation tends to detach himself from the world.”
Past tense for to unfasten something tied, fastened, or fixed in place
Past tense for to separate or isolate
Past tense for to cut or trim to a short length, especially hair
Past tense for to break up into small pieces as the result of impact
Past tense for to dismiss from a job
Past tense for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Past tense for to pull out of, or cease to participate in, a deal, agreement or position
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