Synonyms of unleashing

unleashing

verb

present participle of unleash

1

as in loosening

to set free (from a state of being held in check)

unleashed all of his unspoken love for her in a long letter that he hoped he would have the courage to mail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loosening
• releasing
• unlocking
• expressing
• uncorking
• letting go
• loosing
• freeing
• airing
• springing
• unloosing
• liberating
• unloosening
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• discharging
• unshackling
• unfettering
• unchaining
• venting
• uncaging
• unbinding
• manumitting
• unmooring
• taking out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• controlling
• holding
• inhibiting
• regulating
• restraining
• curbing
• governing
• taming
• checking
• constraining
• smothering
• bridling
• reining (in)
• shackling
• confining
• handcuffing
• binding
• fettering
• hampering
• trammelling
• trammeling
• manacling
• enchaining
• haltering

2

as in releasing

to find emotional release for

lifting weights is a way for me to unleash all the frustrations of the workday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• releasing
• expressing
• venting
• voicing
• giving way (to)
• taking out
• airing
• acting out
• loosing
• stating
• ventilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• controlling
• repressing
• managing
• governing
• handling
• containing
• restraining
• curbing
• bottling (up)
• checking
• taming
• constraining
• smothering
• quelling
• holding back
• pulling in
• inhibiting
• soothing
• quieting
• allaying
• swallowing
• repressing
• stifling
• choking
• strangling
• bridling
• reining (in)
• pocketing
• lulling
• stilling
• muffling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unleashing

Alexander currently leads Missouri with 69 total points and 60 digs while unleashing 158 total attacks in 2025. —Brady Shanahan, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025

Amplified by rapid technological advances, directly funding patients and unleashing all providers to competition can organically create affordable, flexible, sustainable, and dynamic access that rural Amercians truly need. —Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

There was no such good fortune this time in the Pacific Northwest as Washington proved to be too big, too fast and too good, coming in as a 35-point favorite and then unleashing a record performance. —Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025

Pegula was often the first to change direction in rallies and constantly jammed Sabalenka with body serves to stop her from unleashing returns. —Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025

The Valkyries’ rookie guard then made her decision, unleashing a blur of a right-to-left crossover to get past her Dallas defender. —Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

Now, a world-altering catastrophe threatens his perfect Order, unleashing mayhem across the planet. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Behind it, a monsoon storm swept in, unleashing torrential rain, howling winds and lightning that knocked out power to thousands and caused havoc across the Valley. —Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025

The females can lay eggs in any warm-blooded animal, which then hatch, unleashing hundreds of screwworm larvae, so-called because of their sharp mouths and their burrowing being compared to the motion of a screw. —Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025