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as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of
unbind a rope
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as in to liberate
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners
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Recent Examples of unbind
Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets.
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Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound.
—Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020
His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
The other frontier unbound by international law is space.
—Melissa K. Chan, Time, 13 Sep. 2019
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Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound.
—Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020
His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
The other frontier unbound by international law is space.
—Melissa K. Chan, Time, 13 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbind
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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
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Sean Payton may as well have been telling Bo Nix his shoe was untied.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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More than 100 or so students and volunteers searched the ground for the footprints, then liberated them with brushes.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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With the help of Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) and a band of survivors who have managed to escape the program, Neo must liberate humanity from an army of robots who are using them as organic batteries.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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No hostages have been freed yet, and the cease-fire doesn’t start until Sunday, so all reports so far remain speculative and optimistic.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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In the initial wave, hundreds of Palestinian women and children currently held in Israeli prisons will be freed.Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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The president-elect’s hands are otherwise tied on the TikTok ban, which—unless the Supreme Court overturns it—can’t be undone unless Congress repeals it.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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But within two years, Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, worked to undo his reforms and soon launched wars in both Nicaragua, to oust the Sandinistas, and neighboring El Salvador to support its right-wing military government.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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One has since been released from custody, and the other was returned to jail.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The traffic alert was released Friday at 4:05 a.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Friday at 4:08 a.m.Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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If local environmental regulations are loosened here in order to help quickly rebuild, does that concern you at all?CBS News, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
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This chili is on the stewy, thicker side of things, so feel free to add more chicken stock to loosen to your preferred consistency.Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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These can be necessary when a person is stranded after evacuation and must wait to be rescued.Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of them, on average 17 a day, die without having had the opportunity to be rescued.Allan Chernoff, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Unbind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbind. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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