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to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force<the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the enemy soldiers charging towards them>— see shoot 1
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to find emotional release for<do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by>— see take out 1
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to set free (as from slavery or confinement)<animal-rights activists loosed the monkeys from their laboratory cages>— see free 1
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to set free (from a state of being held in check)<the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide>— see release 1
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