verb (v)

• cause to become detached or separated; take off(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it.
  

  Antonym:
  attach
  

  source: wordnet30
• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment(verb.motion)

  Example:
  Detach a regiment.
  

  source: wordnet30
• come to be detached(verb.contact)

  Example:
  His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery.
  

  Synonym:
  come away, come off
  

  source: wordnet30
• To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.(verb)

  source: webster1913