unmoor

verb

un·​moor ˌən-ˈmu̇r How to pronounce unmoor (audio)
unmoored; unmooring; unmoors

transitive verb

: to loosen from or as if from moorings

intransitive verb

: to cast off moorings

Examples of unmoor in a Sentence

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Events unmoor themselves from context. Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2021 From the death of her father at 13 to her mother's refusal to take in Owusu and her sister afterward, the author navigates hardships and searches for identity, eventually pulling herself back together following a breakdown that threatens to unmoor her. Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 8 June 2021 The film should be highly disturbing, but the dramatic tension never gels, despite composer Christopher Stacey’s efforts to unmoor us by injecting discordant strings beneath mundane scenes. Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023 To accommodate Campos’s cavalry, P.S.G. has had to unmoor Leandro Paredes, Ander Herrera, Georginio Wijnaldum, Idrissa Gueye, Julian Draxler, Ángel Di Maria and Xavi Simons this summer, too. Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for unmoor 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmoor was in the 15th century

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“Unmoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmoor. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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