unbind

verb

un·​bind ˌən-ˈbīnd How to pronounce unbind (audio)
unbound ˌən-ˈbau̇nd How to pronounce unbind (audio) ; unbinding

transitive verb

1
: to remove a band from : free from fastenings : untie, unfasten
2
: to set free : release

Examples of unbind in a Sentence

She managed to unbind her hands. a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners
Recent Examples on the Web 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 The stars will be long gone before our galaxy unbinds itself. Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023 Lazarus had been dead four days, wrapped in a burial shroud and enclosed in a tomb, when Jesus instructed his followers to unbind him from his burial cloths. Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets. 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 Its vistas, forests and canyons are branded in the nation’s imagination, an expanse where the soul is unbound across 450 million acres of public lands. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unbind was before the 12th century

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“Unbind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbind. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

unbind

verb
un·​bind ˌən-ˈbīnd How to pronounce unbind (audio)
unbound -ˈbau̇nd How to pronounce unbind (audio) ; unbinding
1
2
: to set free : release

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