Detaches

"Detaches" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Once a leech has filled with blood, which usually doesn't take longer than 20 minutes, it detaches and leaves.

In politics Mr. Seward favored a system which he compared to the ripe pear that detaches itself and falls into your hand.

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