unmoored

verb

past tense of unmoor
as in liberated

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  1. liberated
  2. emancipated
  3. sprang
  4. freed
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  • Indeed, by then, the hypnotic spell had been cast across all of Europe, including on those liberated from the drab tyrannies of actually existing socialism.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • He was born in western Ukraine and attended a military school in Kharkiv – the city liberated by Ukrainian forces in 2022 after a brutal Russian occupation early in the war.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of liberated
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  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
  • The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power.
    — Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
Definition of emancipated
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  • Her rehab team heard about the plan and sprung into action, planning bachelor and bachelorette parties to be held at the hospital.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Ashley had another good block that nearly sprung a touchdown.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprang
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  • Those two freed a third person, who was only partially buried, and the three were able to dig out three other skiers.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Vlasova, who during her years in Russian detention had watched countless times as others were freed and she was left behind, wept.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of freed
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