loose
adjective
free or released from fastening or attachment.
had loosed
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past perfectof loose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In our game, the Betrayer was Jerry—so he left the room and the rest of us had to devise a strategy to defeat the dragon he had loosed upon us.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2015
As might be expected, some Farm Bloc Congressmen bayed off to try to find a personal devil with "inside information" who had loosed the floodgates.
From Time Magazine Archive
But here he is so fast and gratuitous that it seems as if he had loosed havoc upon his creations in order to cover up the compassion and sentiment that went into their making.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time, in the score of The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky had loosed all the furies of rhythm from their Pandora's box.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Soul-Eaters had conjured a demon from the Otherworld; they had loosed a monster on the Forest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
