UNCHAINING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

unchaining

verb

present participle of unchain

as in freeing

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

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United regularly exploited Everton’s 4-1-4-1 system, sending runners down the side of Garner as the solitary No 6 and freeing Rashford in his mismatch up against Rohl.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Her existence is solitary by design, freeing her up to disappear into her studies at all hours of the night, the doors of every institution seemingly always ready to welcome her into its stacks and viewing stations and leather reading chairs.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

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The startup paused some of its AI research and training after the Hugging Face attack, but the security incidents haven't stopped OpenAI from releasing new products.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Exodus is releasing on PC (Steam & Epic Games Store), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on April 7, 2027.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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The rescuers contacted The Arrow Fund, a Louisville nonprofitdedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animal victims of abuse.

— Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026
Dave Black said searchers used night vision and other equipment to find people who needed rescuing during the deluge.

— Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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And yet, liberating writing from the capitalist ethic has its own value.

— M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
For Russian propagandists, the Azov Brigade, which began as a nationalist militia, was shorthand for the supposedly fascist influences from which Vladimir Putin claimed to be liberating Ukraine.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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