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Synonyms & Antonyms of unchain
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
- activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild
Synonyms for unchain
- discharge,
- disenthrall
- (also disenthral),
- emancipate,
- enfranchise,
- enlarge,
- free,
- liberate,
- loose,
- loosen,
- manumit,
- release,
- spring,
- unbind,
- uncage,
- unfetter
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“Unchain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchain. Accessed 17 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of unchain was in 1582
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