unchained 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of unchainednext
as in unfettered

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unchained

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verb

past tense of unchain
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild

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  1. unfettered
  2. freed
  3. released
  4. rescued
Adjective
  • The rules would allow most European countries, Japan and other close U.S. allies to make unfettered purchases of A.I. chips, while blocking two dozen adversaries, like China and Russia, from buying them.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Combine this with social media and access to unfettered information, and users find themselves in a strange situation.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of unfettered
Verb
  • The hostages were freed January 21, 1981, moments after Reagan’s inauguration.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • What critics miss is the decades of effort by Bezos to create a network This freed him from the need to tell people what to do.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of freed
Verb
  • He was released from prison in October 2019.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of released
Verb
  • In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In-ho shot Jun-ho, who fell off a cliff but survived and was rescued by a fisherman.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of rescued
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