unchain

[ uhn-cheyn ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to free from or as if from chains; set free.

Origin of unchain

1
First recorded in 1575–85; un-2 + chain

Other words from unchain

  • un·chain·a·ble, adjective

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How to use unchain in a sentence

  • When one of us dies, she unchains the body, and throws it down a hole somewhere.

    Tiger Cat | David H. Keller
  • There is a power in it which unchains enthusiasm and awakens intensity.

    Comrade Kropotkin | Victor Robinson
  • His unconscious abandonment unchains the savageness of his passion.

British Dictionary definitions for unchain

unchain

/ (ʌnˈtʃeɪn) /


verb(tr)
  1. to remove a chain or chains from

  2. to set at liberty; make free

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