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unbolted

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verb

past tense of unbolt

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Recent Examples of unbolted
Adjective
In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024 In a press event Thursday evening, Tesla's somewhat oddly attired Elon Musk showed how the the company's Tesla S luxury sedan could be recharged in just 90 seconds, hovering over a robotic setup in which the battery would be automatically located, unbolted, removed, and replaced. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2023 First, the complaint alleges, one officer, Geramy Brown, moved Simon’s cellmate into an exercise cage outside and left the door to Simon’s cell unbolted. Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023 The doors of home and church were unbolted and heavily trafficked, the church as likely to host Passover Seders as N.A.A.C.P. meetings. Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021 Once everything's unplugged and unbolted, the safest way to remove the door is to hold on tight. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbolted
Adjective
  • The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Korean researchers have unlocked a new way to bank clean energy and turn it back into power on demand.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Gravitational wave detection has unlocked the universe’s dark side, giving scientists access to phenomena never observed before.
    Chad Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But instead of power suits and computer monitors, there was an intimate coziness and undone yet chic comfort to the clothing and the space.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Margot Robbie has used the look to recover from her Barbie bleach jobs, stepping out in refreshingly undone styles and dark roots.
    Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The pool of talent shrinks when young people become disengaged from education or skill-building because of emotional distress.
    Dr. Ritu Goel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Pundits have always dominated the ranks of posters on social media, but now the masses of silent followers are declining, and continued posting risks preaching to accounts of the converted, the disengaged, or the defunct.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Unbolted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbolted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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