cast loose
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An instrument-laden pier survived Harvey’s landfall, but a boat cast loose by the storm later struck and destroyed it.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 1, 2017
Result: when the Lunar Module was finally cast loose from the mother ship, its computer could not fire its small thruster rockets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carried to about 15,000 feet by the mother plane, the baka would be cast loose by its pilot to ride on the 40-second "whoosh" from three powerful rockets.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day last week Austria's famed Glider Pilot Robert Kronfeld, onetime holder of the world's record, cast loose from a towing airplane over Calais, tussled with headwinds for two hours, landed at Dover.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were just about to cast loose when their guide paused, boat-hook in hand.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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