loose
adjective
free or released from fastening or attachment.
loosed
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past participleof loose.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof loose.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
looseadjectivefree or released from fastening or attachment.
Example Sentences
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“You broke bonds / and you loosed the chains,” Bono sang.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2025
"It's like flying a brick – there's only one way, and it's down," said Mr Davies, from Bollington, Cheshire, describing what it was like once the the glider was loosed.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Midway through his speech, the president quoted his favorite Irish poet, William Butler Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2024
We have entered another age of disunited nations, an era when mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
If I hang the gill, the northmen will attack at once, he thought as he loosed a shaft.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
