Synonyms of unleashing

unleashing

verb

present participle of unleash

1

as in loosening

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loosening
• releasing
• unlocking
• expressing
• uncorking
• letting go
• loosing
• freeing
• airing
• springing
• unloosing
• liberating
• unloosening
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• discharging
• unshackling
• unfettering
• unchaining
• venting
• uncaging
• unbinding
• manumitting
• unmooring
• taking out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• controlling
• holding
• regulating
• inhibiting
• restraining
• curbing
• governing
• taming
• checking
• constraining
• smothering
• reining (in)
• confining
• handcuffing
• bridling
• binding
• shackling
• hampering
• trammeling
• manacling
• fettering
• enchaining
• haltering

2

as in releasing

to find emotional release for

lifting weights is a way for me to unleash all the frustrations of the workday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• releasing
• expressing
• venting
• voicing
• giving way (to)
• taking out
• airing
• acting out
• loosing
• stating
• ventilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• controlling
• repressing
• managing
• governing
• handling
• containing
• restraining
• curbing
• bottling (up)
• checking
• taming
• constraining
• smothering
• quelling
• holding back
• pulling in
• inhibiting
• soothing
• quieting
• allaying
• swallowing
• repressing
• stifling
• choking
• strangling
• bridling
• reining (in)
• pocketing
• lulling
• stilling
• muffling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unleashing

Yet after initially acknowledging the economic struggle, the government once again accused the protesters of being foreign agents before unleashing one of the worst crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history. — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Hundreds of thousands of collisions would happen every year, each unleashing its own swarm of hazardous, high-speed orbital shrapnel. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Adventure World is at the top of the agenda; the company is unleashing the concept across the country. — Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

For the first time since the Second World War, wealthy Americans watched their tax rates plunge, unleashing a genie that, in time, would shake loose any remaining restrictions on American oligarchs’ wealth. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

That typhoon crossed the country after causing destruction in southeastern Fujian province, unleashing record-breaking rainfall in Beijing. — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

The White House also couldn’t resist prodding Swift when the singer married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, unleashing a series of memes on the day of the wedding in July. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026

Slater’s script follows an exorcist names Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is called into an isolated witness protection property to deal with a terrifying demon, accidentally unleashing a force that threatens to end him and everything around him. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Soon, the entire 208-foot-tall structure collapsed, unleashing a 10-story wall of water and obliterating cabins in its path. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026