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detachment

noun as in disconnection

noun as in military troop

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But in some quarters, a certain sense of detachment pervaded over this faraway political earthquake.

A senior Ukrainian official told the New York Times that around 5,000 elite North Korean troops were set to have joined the Russian detachment in the border region by Monday.

From BBC

Once an example of Reddit’s power to move the offline world, GameStop’s truest believers have lately become a better illustration of Reddit’s capacity to foster blind detachment from offline reality.

From Slate

The US also kept a small detachment of special forces in the country, but Déby asked for their departure in the run-up to May’s election.

From BBC

Using the example of a person seeking an abortion for a placental detachment at 18-weeks, Greene argued Republicans in heavily restrictive states often write their abortion bans in ways that aren't as thoughtful or careful as they should be.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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