LOOSED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

loosed

verb

past tense of loose

as in fired

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

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as in unleashed

to find emotional release for do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by

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as in freed

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock

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as in loosened

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

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Recent Examples of loosed The Nünichlingler, as the walkers are called, walk because in the past, the villagers believed that on these darkest, shortest days of the year, a window opened in the earth to another world, and spirits were loosed. —

Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025 Isaacs, a Jewish apprentice merchant from England, loosed the rope around his waist and jumped for his life, landing on the edge of the Zulu kingdom. —

Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025

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The chief told The Times the officer who fired the shot was no longer on the force, and the district attorney’s office was reviewing whether the behavior was criminal in nature.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
In 1998, Henryk Kasperczak was fired after losing 2-0 to England and 1-0 to Colombia.

— Sam Joseph, New York Times, 16 June 2026