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Desultory
- adjective - marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"
Detaching
- verb - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
- come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
- separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
Detailing
- verb - an individualized description of a particular instance
- assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
- provide details for
Detainees
- noun - some held in custody
Detaining
- verb - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
Detecting
- verb - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
Detection
- noun - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Detective
- noun - a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Detectors
- noun - any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
- rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave