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Meanings of detaching in English

Russian
от центра

Direction going further from the center of a system.

Related terms
от центра
Russian
распределение
Portuguese
segregação
Spanish
separación
Catalan
disjunció

Act of separating one entity to form several.

распределение
Usage of detaching in English
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He directed Seward to telegraph immediately cancelling the order detaching the Powhatan.
Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled Nort...
2
Stanley was very busy detaching the charm he wore on his fob.
Kit of Greenacre Farm
3
He multiplied his intellectual force by detaching from it all flaccid interests.
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
4
Wayne Sherrod withdrew from Audrey, detaching his arm from her comforting touch.
Don't cry
5
By negotiation, Bruce and O'Neil succeeded in detaching O'Conor from de Burgh.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
6
Starliner will then remain docked for seven days before detaching and returning home.
The South African
7
We can, however, without detaching our-selves from it, rise above it.
Ecological intelligence: rediscovering ourselves in nature (easy...
8
After detaching the two battle cruisers, Geary pondered his display a moment longer.
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
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Noticing Morgan detaching from business for a moment to admire the view, Rev.
The cold light of mourning
10
Emily's fingers trembled; but she succeeded in detaching the locket from the chain.
"I Say No"
11
The enemy gave up all idea of detaching troops from Columbus.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 1
12
The man nodded acknowledgment of this greeting without detaching attention from the girl.
Red Masquerade: Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter
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But while she was detaching the tassel from her girdle Governor North interrupted.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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We have drawn them into our party through detaching the units.
Nobody's Man
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We'll also be detaching one ship there and three more for Clairmont Station.
In Enemy Hands
16
You're detaching yourself from being present in a club or pub.
The Irish Times
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Detaching through the time
Detaching across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common