detachment
pronunciation
How to pronounce detachment in British English:
UK [dɪˈtætʃmənt]
How to pronounce detachment in American English:
US [dɪ'tætʃmənt]
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- Noun:
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- the state of being isolated or detached
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart
Word Origin
- detachment (n.)
- 1660s, "action of detaching," from French détachement (17c.), from détacher (see detach). Meaning "portion of a military force" is from 1670s; that of "aloofness from objects or circumstances" is from 1798.
Example
- 1. Detachment 88 is the indonesian government 's primary anti-terrorism group , and has been widely praised in recent years for its success against ji .
- 2. With assistance from the u.s. , australia and other countries , indonesia put in place a new terrorist investigation police squad known as detachment 88 and modernized its legal code to permit emails and video clips to be submitted as evidence .
- 3. A third detachment wreaked havoc for three nights inside the taj hotel .
- 4. Some chinese commentary on the games did aspire to more lofty confucian detachment .
- 5. If you haven 't practiced detachment before , then it may even seem impossible .