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detachment English

Meaning detachment meaning

What does detachment mean?

detachment

the act of releasing from an attachment or connection (= withdrawal) avoiding emotional involvement a small unit of troops of special composition (= separation) coming apart (= insulation) the state of being isolated or detached the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel

Synonyms detachment synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as detachment?

Topics detachment topics

What do people use detachment to talk about?

Examples detachment examples

How do I use detachment in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I had retinal detachment five years ago.

Movie subtitles

Detachment. lie down! Down!
Detachment. get up!
Detachment, halt!
Detachment, lie down!
Detachment. halt!
Detachment. lie down!
What detachment are you?
US Tank Detachment, Unit 5.
US Tank Detachment, Unit 5. Repeat.
Sergeant Gunn, United States Army, Tank Detachment.
I suppose you're trying to rejoin a detachment.
He thinks it's funny we should want to go on fighting with this curious detachment.
You have a magnificent detachment, Miss Howell.
Typical schizoid detachment, split personality.
Detachment, fall in.
Mount a detachment to go to their aid.
US Tank Detachment, Unit 5. Repeat message.
US Tank Detachment, Unit 5. Repeat. Over to you.
De Vargas, order the first detachment ready to move forward.
After you've interfered a dozen times or so. with a man's rather enthusiastic determination to cut his own throat. there comes a moment when you're inclined to stand back. and view the whole matter with a certain detachment.
This calls for a detachment of Praetorians.
This detachment will accompany them.
The whole detachment took off.
Sir, I'd like to personally command the temporary duty detachment to Camp Chesterfield.
Unfortunately, the leading characters in tonight's play do not share my detachment.
U.S. tank detachment Unit 5. Repeat message.
U.S. tank detachment Unit 5.
Master Sergeant Gunn, U.S. Army Tank Detachment.
I suppose you're trying to rejoin your detachment?
He thinks it's funny we want to fight with this curious detachment.
I just received a report that Captain Wilk's detachment was surrounded by the army and security police last night.
Captain Wilk's detachment.
His subjects are immersed in a dreamlike light, yet painted with such detachment, precision, and rigor that you could almost touch them.
First detachment, ready?

News and current affairs

In addition, the European Parliament's detachment from national political debates means that it has less political legitimacy than is desirable.
Indeed, it is precisely the Eurocrats' detachment from everyday politics that has enabled the EU to deliver.
With political power diminished (and sometimes usurped) by the transformation of its economic counterpart, and its detachment from its social base rendering it increasingly illegitimate, this is the hour of populists and extremists.
In time, even the most well meaning come to regard their wards with cold detachment, if not dehumanizing contempt.
But Russia, China, and India are big states and will not tolerate any detachment of their territories.
The similarities are large trade deficits, manufacturing job loss, asset price inflation, rising debt-to-income ratios, and detachment of wages from productivity growth.

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