Both Uses
detach
in
The Outsiders
(Edited)
- I should be scared, I thought with an odd detached feeling, but I'm not.
p. 92.3detached = emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- Numerous bruises along my back and on my face were throbbing, but I felt detached from the pain, as if it wasn't really me feeling it.
p. 145.2 *detached = separated
Definitions:
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(1)
(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)