detachmentde‧tach‧ment /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ noun 
He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him.2[countable] a group of soldiers who are sent away from a larger group to do a special job3[singular, uncountable] formal when something becomes separated from something elsedetachment of detachment of the retina
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Doctors need to have some degree of emotional detachment.
- Affluent people tend to look upon illiteracy with comfortable detachment.
- Dad approached the business of agriculture with the zeal and detachment of a scientist.
- Elias noted that to adopt this approach in our work requires a special effort of detachment.
- Eochaid and his fifty horsemen had overcome the special detachment from Leven and were safely inside the monastery.
- It is compatible with the canon of artistic detachment, but it can cause controversy.
- She looks at the three hands with detachment, as if they are a still life.
- Such detachment models predict that two types of passive margin will be produced by continental rupture.
WORD SETS
adjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him.
He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him.WORD FAMILYnounattachmentdetachmentadjectiveattached ≠ unattached ≠ detacheddetachableverbattach ≠ detach
1[uncountable] the state of not reacting to or being involved in something in an emotional way OPP involvementdetachment from He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him.2[countable] a group of soldiers who are sent away from a larger group to do a special job3[singular, uncountable] formal when something becomes separated from something elsedetachment of detachment of the retina