unshackle

verb

un·​shack·​le ˌən-ˈsha-kəl 

unshackled; unshackling; unshackles

transitive verb

: to free from shackles

Examples of unshackle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While Zimbabwe’s political situation has changed since Mugabe was ousted from power in 2017, the country’s cricket team struggled to unshackle itself from the political interference that started eroding the team in the early 2000s leading to the infamous player revolt in 2004. —Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

The American has been visibly unshackled by her acceptance that tennis results need not define her, taking her to her first Grand Slam title in Australia and to a 23-4 record in 2025 prior to this encounter. —Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

The campaign centered on a sunny, optimistic vision of a United Kingdom, still a prominent global player, but merely unshackled from the restraints of Brussels. —Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2016

But even that won’t work if a broad majority of Palestinians isn’t willing to unshackle themselves from Hamas’ political and ideological grip. —Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unshackle

• cackle
• crackle
• hackle
• jackal
• shackle
• tackle
• vakil
• ramshackle
• tabernacle
• zodiacal