unshackled

Definition of unshacklednext
past tense of unshackle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshackled
Verb
  • Rosa hid both Sam and his sister Sara in the camp until they were deported in 1944 to the Częstochowa concentration camp in Poland, where Rosa again hid both Sam and his sister until the Soviet Army liberated the camp in 1945.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Or, perhaps the dust liberated by the jets is falling back onto the comet, covering those ices in an insulating layer that prevents the ices from being heated by the sun and sublimating as quickly.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court.
    Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The actress would go on to struggle with addiction issues and in February 1991, emancipated herself at the age of 14.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Kittleson was freed in the afternoon, said the official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly.
    Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The day after his arrest, a Suffolk County district judge freed Corte-Corte on supervised release with a GPS monitor, the New York Post reported.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Other examples can be seen in the deliberate way Flick sprung to Raphinha’s defence back in December, taking up the topic of the Brazilian’s lack of individual recognition despite not having been asked about it.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The again had another great chance three minutes into the second when Casey Mittelstadt sprung the B’s for an odd-man rush.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Unshackled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshackled. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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