The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ISOLATING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1953.
Detaching crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ISOLATING | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detaching
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- come off
- come away
- decoupling
- disconnecting
- dropping
- releasing
- separating
- severing
- shedding
- sorting
- unbundling
- undocking
Crossword Answer definitions
ISOLATING verb- To set apart or cut off from others.
- To place in quarantine or isolation.
- To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (of languages) having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morpheme
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