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as in loosened
to set free (from a state of being held in check)
unleashed all of his unspoken love for her in a long letter that he hoped he would have the courage to mail
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as in released
to find emotional release for
lifting weights is a way for me to unleash all the frustrations of the workday
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Recent Examples of unleashed
Kim Tong-Hyung, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Macron told Lee at the start of the meeting that the two countries can play a role in helping to stabilize the situation in the Middle East, including Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which has unleashed shock on global energy markets.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Powerful seismic waves instantly toppled almost every building in the port city of Yokohama, sent a wall of water crashing across the coast of the island of Honshu, and unleashed mudslides that inundated fishing villages and buried inhabitants alive.
—Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
At the cemetery, drug-war widows unleashed on him the full force of their anger and anguish.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Germany’s newly unleashed defense budget, for example, is momentously important.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Iran’s capital was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away on Sunday after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel depots caused fires to burn for hours.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026
Or is this elite, dominant version of Draymond merely lying dormant, conserving energy until the playoffs arrive, just waiting to be unleashed fully?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Suarez unleashed a loud roar, pumped both fists, and was swarmed by his jubilant (and relieved) teammates.
—Michelle Kaufman
april 7, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Tech companies and artificial intelligence upstarts have unleashed a South Bay leasing surge that has produced the region’s best quarter for office space rental activity since the end of the coronavirus outbreak, a new report has disclosed.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
So does Soderbergh’s camera, which begins sniffing and roving about the space like a dog unleashed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Nevertheless, on January 8 security forces unleashed a brutal crackdown, killing at least 30,000 people, according to officials in Iran’s Ministry of Health.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
And rightfully so—just hours after Glaze’s remark, the sun unleashed an X-class solar flare, the most powerful type known.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
After a quick hit-ahead pass, Mullins got the ball back and unleashed a 35-foot 3-pointer for the win.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Several countries are implementing drastic measures to counter the deepening energy crisis unleashed by the war in Iran.
—Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Macron told Lee at the start of the meeting that the two countries can play a role in helping to stabilize the situation in the Middle East, including Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which has unleashed shock on global energy markets.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Macron told Lee at the start of the meeting that the two countries can play a role in helping to stabilize the situation in the Middle East, including Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which has unleashed shock on global energy markets.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Powerful seismic waves instantly toppled almost every building in the port city of Yokohama, sent a wall of water crashing across the coast of the island of Honshu, and unleashed mudslides that inundated fishing villages and buried inhabitants alive.
—Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
At the cemetery, drug-war widows unleashed on him the full force of their anger and anguish.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Germany’s newly unleashed defense budget, for example, is momentously important.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Iran’s capital was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away on Sunday after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel depots caused fires to burn for hours.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026
Or is this elite, dominant version of Draymond merely lying dormant, conserving energy until the playoffs arrive, just waiting to be unleashed fully?
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
Geneva School three-sport standout Duke Carpenter (football, basketball, track) unleashed a personal best 175-feet, 11-inches throw for third in the discus.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Suarez unleashed a loud roar, pumped both fists, and was swarmed by his jubilant (and relieved) teammates.
—Michelle Kaufman
april 7, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Tech companies and artificial intelligence upstarts have unleashed a South Bay leasing surge that has produced the region’s best quarter for office space rental activity since the end of the coronavirus outbreak, a new report has disclosed.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
So does Soderbergh’s camera, which begins sniffing and roving about the space like a dog unleashed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Nevertheless, on January 8 security forces unleashed a brutal crackdown, killing at least 30,000 people, according to officials in Iran’s Ministry of Health.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
And rightfully so—just hours after Glaze’s remark, the sun unleashed an X-class solar flare, the most powerful type known.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
After a quick hit-ahead pass, Mullins got the ball back and unleashed a 35-foot 3-pointer for the win.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
Several countries are implementing drastic measures to counter the deepening energy crisis unleashed by the war in Iran.
—Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unleashed
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An escaped convict who shot and killed a state trooper was found hiding in Pennsuco.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For Americans chasing a Canadian passport, the rules may have loosened but the red tape hasn’t.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The day when everything around her began to shake and the lumps that embraced her loosened their grip and the tool tossed her through the air, she was spared from being sliced in two by the metal edge.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Few details have been released, but Miami police told CBS News Miami that shortly before midnight, officers received a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ginn was released on $1,000 bond.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kate doesn’t need any extra data to grasp the threat posed by unfettered online betting.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Given Amazon’s seemingly unfettered desire for major sports properties, Prime Video will likely be in the market for more golf — if its streaming audience responds.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This moment unlocked a new way for the pair to work.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The cap just seems unchained now.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One of his right-footed attempts, uncorked with minimal backlift, crashes against the bar with such force that the noise reverberates around the ground and the ball bounces out towards the halfway line.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Then Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s all-time goal scorer uncorked a vintage rocket on the power play and the Avs lost the lead with less than six minutes to play.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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