as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of unlashed the ropes which secured the crate in the bed of the truck

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Verb
  • My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
  • But Monday was the 12th time in the past 24 games the Padres’ bullpen has lost a lead or let an opponent untie a game.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Those fixes, such as fine-tuning a model’s responses to avoid dangerous outputs, can work in the short term but are easier to undo and can sometimes weaken the model in unintended ways.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Brandon Bell/Getty Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics, added that even small distortions could be difficult to undo.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When the driver's seat belt is unfastened and the vehicle is started, the seat belt warning audible warning may be activated for an insufficient amount of time, making the vehicles noncompliant with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Sabrina Carpenter is loosening her leash on Man’s Best Friend ahead of its release date, with the pop star playing the album for a group of lucky fans who got to hear it before the rest of the world at an exclusive event on Wednesday (Aug. 13).
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Officials argue that these agreements are needed to get China to loosen its own controls on rare earth magnets, which threaten several U.S. industries like automobiles and defense.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
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“Unlash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlash. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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