loose
adjective
free or released from fastening or attachment.
has loosed
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present perfectof loose (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After 17 episodes filled with named locations and precise coordinates, the story has loosed its moorings in both place and time.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2017
In the past several months, General Petraeus has loosed an extraordinary amount of firepower on the Taliban insurgency.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2010
Along with his blitz krieg of acrimony, he has loosed a horde of acronyms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sweet Love has loosed his fingers from my hair, His lifted hand has left my eyelids wet.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Alma 26:14 14 Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.
From The Book of Mormon by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
