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
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
Before Coach Zuppke could unleash his red lightning, Coach Stagg had loosed big Austin McCarty, big Harry Thomas.
From Time Magazine Archive
From that vantage point he exulted in the threats which Mussolini had loosed at Rome.
From Time Magazine Archive
How the dragon knew of the shadow he had loosed, he could not guess, nor how it might know the shadow’s name.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
