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
  • Then, in a paper posted in June, Hermiller and her longtime collaborator Mark Brittenham uncovered a pair of knots that, when combined, form a knot that is easier to untie than the conjecture predicts.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Philanthropic support, untied to narrow deliverables, can enable scientists to cross the disciplinary silos that federal agencies often reinforce — silos that reflect not just bureaucratic divisions but also entrenched cultural differences across the sciences.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Second, the rookie wall — late December has undone a lot of promising rookie campaigns with some bad tape and things to work on.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Netanyahu knows that his political future is dependent on keeping far-right members of his coalition on board – and that dynamic has undone past pushes for the end of the war.
    Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Chisolm immediately dropped his bat and unfastened his elbow guard.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Lance Wilson, a public-relations professional who works with the Anti Police-Terror Project, warned that the council might loosen the restrictions further, potentially allowing chases for lesser crimes, such as burglary.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The league decided to loosen some of those restrictions for the 2025 season.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.
    Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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“Unlash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlash. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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