How to use "detachment" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "detachment" in popular movie and book plots

  • Francis contacts Granville to send a detachment to guard the dig from potential robbers, despite Merrin's objections.  - Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
  • They are later met by a detachment of the Khmer Rouge, who immediately arrest them.  - The Killing Fields (film)
  • They set up a base on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, with a solid detachment of space marines for protection.  - Final Doom
  • The revolutionaries are chased into the hills by an army detachment led by Colonel Günther Reza.  - Duck, You Sucker!
  • Aware of the fuel shortages, Hessler leads a detachment toward the depot to capture its stocks.  - Battle of the Bulge (film)
  • Although Picard sends a security detachment to tail him, Lore disables lt Worf (Michael Dorn) and evades pursuit.  - Datalore
  • A British army detachment is ambushed and there is bloodshed.  - Rob Roy (novel)
  • The detachment of the Night's Watch under Lord Commander Jeor Mormont awaits word from Qhorin Halfhand and Jon Snow at their forward base.  - A Storm of Swords
  • As Viv finishes reading the note, a large police detachment arrives.  - The Spy Who Loved Me (novel)
  • The Stranger seizes his opportunity when he sees the Rojos massacre a detachment of Mexican soldiers who were escorting a shipment of gold.  - A Fistful of Dollars
  • A naval detachment challenges the Festival but is destroyed.  - Singularity Sky
  • A small detachment of men performs a reconnaissance mission on Tall's orders to determine the strength of the Japanese bunker.  - The Thin Red Line (1998 film)
  • Instead of a court martial, Tom is released from detention and ordered to leave for Amalfi Pass with a detachment commanded by Caesar.  - Morocco (film)
  • He alerts the army detachment there, which boards another train to give chase, with Johnnie manning the locomotive, the Texas.  - The General (1926 film)
  • The stage reaches Dry Fork, but the expected cavalry detachment has gone to Apache Wells.  - Stagecoach (1939 film)
  • The detachment stages events, often behind enemy lines, that provide alternative explanations for the Allied intelligence successes.  - Cryptonomicon

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