unlooses

verb

present tense third-person singular of unloose
as in unleashes
to set free (from a state of being held in check) the familiar scent unloosed a flood of pleasant memories from her childhood

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  1. unleashes
  2. loosens
  3. releases
Verb
  • And Denise, rather than retreating from the action, unleashes a piercing battle cry and plunges into the mayhem head on.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The cell unleashes a string of attacks across London as part of a destabilization campaign.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of unleashes
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  • Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In Antonioni’s film, after a woman disappears during a boating vacation, her partner and her best friend travel around looking for her, while the bond between them tightens and their grip on the threads of certainty loosens.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosens
Verb
  • And then of course the jacuzzi, which releases tension and relaxes the muscles.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
  • How GLP-1s affect more than weight GLP-1 is a gut hormone the body naturally releases after eating.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of releases
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“Unlooses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlooses. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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