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unleash - 4 dictionary results

un⋅leash

[uhn-leesh]
–verb (used with object)
1. to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.
2. to abandon control of: to unleash his fury.

Origin:
1665–75; un- 2 + leash
un·leash   (ŭn-lēsh')   
tr.v.   un·leashed, un·leash·ing, un·leash·es
To release or loose from or as if from a leash: unleashed the guard dogs; unleashed his pent-up rage.

Unleash

Un*leash"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + leash.] To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

unleash 
1671, from un- (2) + verbal derivative of leash (n.).
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