as in opens
to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions
the chimney should work just fine once it is unplugged and cleaned out
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Recent Examples of unplugs
Joe angrily unplugs the screen and the camera keeps following him.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
This is akin to the driving instructor who unplugs the GPS, the biology teacher who rejects the microscope, the accounting professor who bans calculators or digital spreadsheets, and the musicologist who forbids digital audio software.
—Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
This is akin to the driving instructor who unplugs the GPS, the biology teacher who rejects the microscope, the accounting professor who bans calculators or digital spreadsheets, and the musicologist who forbids digital audio software.
—Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unplugs
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Downtown Boise stands poised to add a pair of new high rises to its growing inventory in 2026 when The Bannock opens two blocks southeast from the Capitol.—
Mark Dee
January 13,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2026
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The space, a former artist’s studio turned residence, opens directly onto the street and is crowned by a transom window that floods the interior with natural light.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2026
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Parker Kelly #17 of the Colorado Avalanche clears the puck with Brent Burns #84 and Devon Toews #7 as Logan Cooley #92 of the Utah Mammoth falls in front of Scott Wedgewood #41 during the first period of their game at the Delta Center on October 21, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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By the time the noise clears, the best funds will have been raised and committed.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Unplugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unplugs. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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