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unhooks

verb

present tense third-person singular of unhook
as in unfastens

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  1. detaches
  2. undoes
  3. disconnects
Verb
  • Nepali officials have said the floods were likely unleashed by a glacial collapse, which is when a large piece of ice, rock and debris suddenly detaches from a glacier on a mountain.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of detaches
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  • Guadagnino undoes the bubble wrap and discovers Bertolucci’s viewfinder, a key relic for a filmmaker who may well have had the best eye in cinema history.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The substitution effect undoes some of the potential health gains.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of undoes
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  • Strategy often disconnects from execution; and processes and systems evolve independently of purpose.
    — Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Apple says the Control Center button disconnects Bluetooth accessories without fully turning Bluetooth off.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnects
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“Unhooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhooks. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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