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unshackle
[ uhn-shak-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to free from shackles; unfetter.
- to free from restraint, as conversation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unshackle1
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Example Sentences
This allows us to unshackle complex, nuanced ideas from time-bound meetings, so knowledge can spread faster and be retained longer.
Even so, he didn't unshackle his inward-reeling lifeline till he was inside the chamber.
I always felt sure that you would unshackle yourself—sooner or later; but I hardly expected it would come so soon.
Americans, unshackle your minds, and act like independent beings.
Sling the lower yard, if it is to remain aloft, and unshackle the trusses, if they are of iron.
And these are only specimens of the reforms which, in the language of the petition, are to unshackle labour from its misery.
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