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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Verb
  • Adult males also walk around with their shoes untied, trying to blend in with the young guys.
    Judy Holmes, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Even though Iris prefaced their weekend getaway with a disturbing intrusive thought about a previous boyfriend, her big unhinged moment is ultimately a passive decision to not untie her non-boyfriend.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • There has been a favorite nearly undone by AI (very 2025), a favorite definitely undone by old tweets (very 2015) and an underdog that has in a matter of days become a favorite (very timeless).
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Two of the department’s biggest funding streams — Title I and IDEA — also require action from Congress to be undone, as both were voted into law in 1965 and 1975 respectively.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • 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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  • Everyone at the club has been holding out for the moment when new ownership arrived and the purse strings can finally be loosened.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The administration may also be reluctant to yield on another major demand by Mr. Xi: loosening U.S. restrictions on exports of technology to China, such as the advanced semiconductors needed to power artificial intelligence, a key battleground between the world’s top two economic powers.
    David Pierson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • 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
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“Unlash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlash. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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