detachments
Units sent elsewhere
Detachments is the plural of detachment, which carries meanings unified by the idea of separation.
A military detachment is a unit separated from a larger force for a special mission: Several detachments were sent to secure the perimeter.
Emotional detachment is a separation from feelings—either a calm objectivity (She viewed the crisis with professional detachment) or an inability to connect (His detachment from his children worried everyone).
The word can also name the act of separating: the detachment of the retina from the eye.
Small infantry formation
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
company · division · corps · garrison · unit · troops · formation · outpost
Emotional unavailability, standoffishness
- indifferenceLack of interest
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
distance · coolness · reserve · neutrality · unconcern · equanimity · stoicism · nonchalance
State of being apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disaffiliationFormal separation from organization
- disassociationDisconnection from surroundings or self
- disconnectionState of being severed
distancing · withdrawal · alienation · parting · dissolution · breaking ties · dissociation
Act of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- disconnectionState of being severed
- unfasteningOpening what was secured
- dislodgementRemoval from position
loosening · uncoupling · disengagement · release · extraction · splitting · severance · disentanglement
platoon
Small infantry formation
brigade · company · division · corps · garrison · unit · troops · formation · outpost · deployment
aloofness
Emotional unavailability, standoffishness
- indifferenceLack of interest
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
impartiality · distance · coolness · reserve · neutrality · unconcern · equanimity · stoicism · nonchalance · withdrawal
separation
State of being apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disaffiliationFormal separation from organization
- disassociationDisconnection from surroundings or self
disconnection · distancing · withdrawal · alienation · parting · dissolution · breaking ties · dissociation
removal
Act of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- disconnectionState of being severed
- unfasteningOpening what was secured
dislodgement · loosening · uncoupling · disengagement · release · extraction · splitting · severance · disentanglement · breaking away
retinal
Of eye's inner lining
debridement · placental · membrane · tissue · corneal · vitreous · separation · posterior · anterior · epithelial
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- Canadian PoliceRCMP, Mounties, provincial police, municipal police, chief of police
- contingentstroops, forces, battalions, regiment, squadron
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- National GuardNational Guard, guardsmen, reservist, Air National Guard, drill weekend
detachmentsattachments
Items joined to something
connections · joinings · unions · couplings · fastenings
detachmentsattachments
Items joined to something
involvements · engagements · interests · passions · commitments
detachmentsdivisions
Separate portions of something
battalions · armies · corps · regiments · headquarters
- emotional detachmentWithdrawal from feelings
- retinal detachmentPhotoreceptor layer separates from eye
- ironic detachmentEmotional distance via cynicism
- spiritual detachmentRenouncing material and emotional bonds