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Definition of unmoor
transitive verb
: to loosen from or as if from moorings
intransitive verb
: to cast off moorings
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Fahey's swaggering thane falls apart easily once unmoored from his previous stance as a noble defender of Jack Hickey's Duncan.
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Three World Series victories in 13 years unmoored a lot of the tension and angst that centered the Red Sox narrative for decades.
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But Catherall, the psychologist, offered a profile of Siatta as a Marine utterly unmoored by war.
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First Known Use of unmoor
15th century
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