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  - detailed
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detachment

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detachment/dɪˈtatʃmənt/

▶noun

1 the state of being objective or aloof.

2 Military a group of troops, ships, etc. sent away on a separate mission.

3 the action or process of detaching.

'detachment' also found in these Oxford entries:

abscisic acid - detail - file - navel - patrol - screen - VAD

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