All 3 Uses of
detach
in
And Then There Were None
- In response to Davis' beckoning finger, a man detached himself from a nearby wall against which he was leaning and came up to them.†
p. 23..6 *
- He tiptoed back to the bed, slipped matches into his pocket, detached the plug of the electric lamp by his bed, and picked it up winding the flex round it.†
p. 214..0
- My hand will fall to my side, the revolver, pulled by the elastic will recoil to the door, jarred by the door-handle it will detach itself from the elastic and fall.†
p. 275..3
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)