unlash

verb

ˌən-ˈlash How to pronounce unlash (audio)
Definition of unlashnext
as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of unlashed the ropes which secured the crate in the bed of the truck

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlash
  1. untie
  2. undo
  3. unfasten
  4. loosen
  5. unbind
Verb
  • Slip on shoes: on sale for $24.99 Original price: $39.99 Fumbling to untie your shoes at security is stressful, so avoid the stress this year by getting some slip-on shoes like these.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Sean Payton may as well have been telling Bo Nix his shoe was untied.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
Definition of untie
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  • Trump’s nascent plan to levy new tariffs on Canada and Mexico threatens to undo the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The woman, who works in the tech industry near Boston, Massachusetts, told her digital audience that basic computer skills like using shortcuts for undoing and saving tasks—skills that were part of her school curriculum—are no longer formally taught to students.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of undo
Verb
  • Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • This paper proposes a spherical tether handling device that unfastens a robot’s tether during surveys by releasing the tether and carrying it aside.
    Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016
Definition of unfasten
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  • As Trump asserts his powers ahead of his inauguration, Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) grip on his conference is loosening.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Google’s proposal counters last month’s call from the US Justice Department for Google to not only loosen its grip over partners, but also share more data with competitors and divest its Chrome browser business.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of loosen
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  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
  • The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.
    Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Definition of unbind
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“Unlash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlash. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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