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detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

go off, come off, go over

v. happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"

chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off

v. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

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break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart

v. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

tear

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

rip

v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

sever, break up

v. set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

separate, disunite, divide, part

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

break

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"

sunder

v. break apart or in two, using violence

discerp, sever, lop

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

chop, chop up

v. cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

unfasten

v. cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt"

unfasten

v. become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

comfort, ease

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

ease

v. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

let go of, let go, release, relinquish

v. release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

fracture

v. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

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attach

v. become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"

stick

v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

join, conjoin

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

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