The arms of this toy robot can be detached, and replaced with wings or various tools.
Roman statues were made with detachable heads so that one head could be removed and replaced by another.
Detach the pink copy of the form, and keep it for your records.
If you try to grab a
lizard's tail, it will detach, and the lizard will get away.
The young girl seemed somewhat detached from her family.
Doctors need to detach themselves from their work somewhat, so as to not be too upset by the death of a patient.
Please detach along the dotted
line.
The young boy detached himself from the crowd at the hot dog stand, and wandered off down the beach.
Meditating has allowed him to feel a sense of detachment from the problems and stresses of life.
A detachment of soldiers was sent to the area to investigate.
The
quality of emotional relationships within families ranges from the highly positive to the highly negative, though detachment also occurs.
A higher proportion of Americans live in their own single, detached houses than do Canadians.
The general sent a cavalry detachment to the Indian camp.
The sculpture of a head detached from the body is the most characteristic type of portrait of ancient Rome.
The ground forces were accompanied by a detachment of helicopter gun ships.
Robert Bresson once observed that an old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it.
Meister Eckhart once suggested that he who would be serene and pure needs but one thing; detachment.
Mao Zedong claimed that there is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, "All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul."
The Greek philosopher Epicurus taught that the greatest good was pleasure attained by tranquillity and detachment.
Robert May once suggested that males more often operate in a detached and isolated fashion.
The Sikh religion teaches that the way to true yoga is found by dwelling in God, and remaining detached in the midst of worldly attachments.