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unloosen
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un·loos·en  (n-lsn)
tr.v. un·loos·ened, un·loos·en·ing, un·loos·ens
To unloose.
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Verb1.unloosen - grant freedom tounloosen - grant freedom to; free from confinement
free, loose, unloose, 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.unloosen - loosen the ties ofunloosen - loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers"
unloose
unbrace, unlace, untie - undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
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Though you have been out in a froth-spitting squall on Long Island Sound or in an ocean liner on a burgeoning sea you have but a childlike hint of what a nineteen-year-old's reaction is to the pitch black shrieking dark out there in the very cold northern elements of unloosening spring off Norway's coast tonight 15,000 feet up, or fifty under or worse, on the smashing face of it and here I see God.
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