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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
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unleash (ʌnˈliːʃ)
 
—vb
1.  to release from or as if from a leash
2.  to free from restraint or control

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