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detach has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is attach.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
cause to become detached or separated; take off
“detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for detach come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
“detach a regiment”