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unattach

/ˌʌnəˈtæt͡ʃ/

unattach verb: to detach.

Verb

unattach (third-person singular simple present unattaches, present participle unattaching, simple past and past participle unattached)

  1. (ambitransitive) To detach.
    • To unattach disk images from Disk Utility, select the disk image file and press Delete or drag its icon out of the window.2011, Robyn Ness, Mac OS X Lion in Depth, page 456

Forms of unattach

third-person singular presentunattaches
present participleunattaching
past participleunattached
pastunattached

Origin of unattach

From un- + attach.

Questions about unattach

What does unattach mean?
Unattach means to detach.
What part of speech is unattach?
Unattach is a verb.
How do you pronounce unattach?
Unattach is pronounced /ˌʌnəˈtæt͡ʃ/.
What is the past tense of unattach?
The past tense of unattach is unattached.

Words near unattach in the dictionary

  1. unatomized
  2. unatonable
  3. unatoned
  4. unatoning
  5. unatrophied
  6. unattach
  7. unattachable
  8. unattached
  9. unattachedly
  10. unattachedness
  11. unattaches

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