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adjective

as in unfettered

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verb

past tense of uncage
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) uncaged the bird and let it fly away

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Recent Examples of uncaged
Adjective
When the urge strikes him, Sam’s uncaged anger leads him to do horrible things. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaged
  1. unfettered
  2. freed
  3. unleashed
  4. released
  5. unchained
  6. liberated
  7. escaped
  8. rescued
Adjective
  • Barber argued that unfettered capitalism and the backlash to it, which was increasingly expressed through forms of fundamentalist extremism, although in contest with each other, were both a danger to democracies.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Anyone who wants to watch, from the press to advocates to families to just causal observers, must have that unfettered ability.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfettered
Verb
  • In present day, back on the planet decimated by the Manhunters, John interrogates Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) and learns that Noah freed the villain from prison.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • In 1995, the rape of a 12-year-old girl by three US servicemen unleashed outrage and mass protests in Okinawa.
    — Junko Ogura, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Rescuers are still searching for more than 5,000 people missing in the border region with China after August’s glacier collapse unleashed landslides and a flash flood that tore through valleys.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of unleashed
Verb
  • There’s also the heating and cooling system, wherein heat generated by the hotel’s air-conditioning units is used to produce hot water rather than being released into the atmosphere.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country's oil infrastructure.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of released
Adjective
  • There is a minute’s ovation for Keegan, who was chief operations officer and then manager at Craven Cottage in the late 1990s, there is an unchained melody of bedlam, the creation of chaos and there are a lot of c***s.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Often the raconteur side is too unchained.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
Definition of unchained
Verb
  • We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of liberated
Adjective
  • Miami Beach police have taken an escaped prisoner into custody after a search near Mount Sinai Medical Center Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But these stats reflect firefighting progress at this stage rather than an escaped blaze, the department's public affairs officer Tiffany Davilla explained.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • The Navy has reported that there were eight suicide attempts aboard the carrier during the deployment, including one sailor who jumped overboard and was later rescued.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Once inside, two people described as older adults were rescued from the home.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of rescued

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“Uncaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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