v.
  - disengage (something) and remove it.
- 
(detach oneself from)
 leave or separate oneself from (a group or place). ▸
(be detached)
 Military  be sent on a separate mission. 
Derivative
  
    - detachability n.
- detachable adj.
 
  Etymology
  C16 (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from Fr. détacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’.