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unloose

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un·loose  (n-ls)
tr.v. un·loosed, un·loos·ing, un·loos·es
1. To unfasten; untie.
2. To set free from or as if from restraints.
3. To relax: unloosed my grip on the handlebars.
unloose or unloosen
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[-loosing, -loosed] or -loosening, -loosened to set free or release
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.unlooseunloose - grant freedom to; free from confinement
free, loose, unloosen, release, liberate
unspell - release from a spell
unchain - make free
bail - release after a security has been paid
run - set animals loose to graze
bail out - free on bail
parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
2.unlooseunloose - loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers"
unloosen
unbrace, unlace, untie - undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
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He voluntarily tied that tongue which Claude Frollo had taken so much pains to unloose.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
On a slanting stone lay a drowned man, naked, swollen, purple; clasping the fragment of a broken bush with a grip which death had so petrified that human strength could not unloose it--mute witness of the last despairing effort to save the life that was doomed beyond all help.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
His act seemed to unloose a thousand devils in the hairy creature clinging to his throat.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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