detached
adjective
[ dɪˈtatʃt ]
• separate or disconnected.
Similar:
unfastened,
disconnected,
disengaged,
parted,
separated,
separate,
uncoupled,
removed,
loosed,
loosened,
untied,
unhitched,
undone,
unhooked,
unbuttoned,
unzipped,
free,
severed,
cut off,
hacked off,
torn off,
broken off,
• aloof and objective.
• "he is a detached observer of his own actions"
Similar:
dispassionate,
disinterested,
indifferent,
objective,
uninvolved,
aloof,
outside,
remote,
distant,
impersonal,
open-minded,
neutral,
unbiased,
unprejudiced,
impartial,
non-partisan,
with no axe to grind,
fair,
fair-minded,
just,
equitable,
even-handed,
unselfish,
detach
verb
• disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.
• "he detached the front lamp from its bracket"
Similar:
unfasten,
disconnect,
disengage,
part,
separate,
uncouple,
remove,
loose,
loosen,
untie,
unhitch,
undo,
unhook,
unbutton,
unzip,
unclick,
free,
sever,
pull off,
cut off,
clip off,
hack off,
chop off,
prune off,
nip off,
tear off,
break off,
strip off,
disunite,
disjoin,
• leave or separate oneself from (a group or place).
• "a figure in brown detached itself from the shadows"
Similar:
free,
separate,
segregate,
move away,
walk away,
move off,
split off,
leave,
abandon,
dissociate,
divorce,
alienate,
isolate,
cut off,
delink,
break away,
become estranged,
disaffiliate,
defect,
quit,
withdraw from,
secede from,
break with,
part company with,
sever connections with,
break off relations with,
reach a parting of the ways,
bust up,
• (of a group of soldiers or ships) be sent on a separate mission.
• "our crew were detached to Tabuk for the exercise"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from French détacher, earlier destacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’.
