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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  • 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
  • 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
Definition of undo
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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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
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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