detach

1. (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.Examples: "to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment"; "The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table—the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial."Synonyms: disengagetransitive

2. (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.Examples: "to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment"Synonyms: allocatetransitive

3. (intransitive) To come off something.Examples: "Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm."Synonyms: fall offintransitive