Noun:

सशस्र जत्था, सेना की जत्था, बिलगाव, अलग करने की क्रिया, अनासक्ति, सेना की टुकड़ी, अलगाव,

detachment's Usage Examples:

Only Count Orlov-Denisov with his Cossacks (the least important detachment of all) got to his appointed place at the right time.

In front rode a detachment of Wurttemberg hussars and behind them rode the King of Naples himself accompanied by a numerous suite.

It was suppressed by the colonial forces under Colonel (afterwards Sir) Duncan McKenzie, aided by a detachment of Transvaal volunteers.

Falling back to Andujar, where he was reinforced to 22,000 strong, Dupont detached a force to hold the mountain passes in his rear, whereupon the Spaniards interposed between the detachment and the main body and seized Baylen.

This detachment, commanded by Lord Percy, was assaulted, and returned with heavy loss.

"That is why I beg to be sent to that detachment," he said.

Bronkhorst Spruit, where in December 1880 a detachment of British soldiers was ambushed by the Boers, lies about 30 m.

it remained a detachment only.

A detachment of this force, consisting of 200 Yaos and Sikhs under Lieut.-Colonel Plunket, was attacked on the 17th of April and overwhelmed.

Lemarrois had just arrived at a gallop with Bonaparte's stern letter, and Murat, humiliated and anxious to expiate his fault, had at once moved his forces to attack the center and outflank both the Russian wings, hoping before evening and before the arrival of the Emperor to crush the contemptible detachment that stood before him.

Synonyms:

disengagement, separation,

Antonyms:

tune, decrease, stiffen,