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unmooring

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present participle of unmoor

Synonyms & Antonyms of unmooring

as in manumitting, uncaging

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for unmooring

discharging,
emancipating,
enfranchising,
freeing,
liberating,
manumitting,
springing,
unbinding,
uncaging,
unchaining,
unfettering,
unshackling

loosening,
loosing,
releasing,
uncorking,
unleashing,
unlocking,
unloosening,
unloosing

airing,
expressing,
taking out,
venting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for unmooring

bridling,
checking,
constraining,
containing,
controlling,
curbing,
governing,
holding,
inhibiting,
regulating,
reining (in),
restraining,
smothering,
taming

handcuffing,
manacling,
shackling,
trammeling
(or trammelling)

binding,
confining,
enchaining,
fettering

haltering,
hampering

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“Unmooring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmooring. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.

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