unbrace
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove the braces of.
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to free from tension; relax.
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to weaken.
verb
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to remove tension or strain from; relax
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to remove a brace or braces from
Etymology
Origin of unbrace
1350–1400; Middle English unbracen to free of clothing or armor. See un- 2, brace
Vocabulary lists containing unbrace
Example Sentences
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“But when you start opening things up, start demo-ing a little slab, you might unbrace a column, and that column has temporary shoring, or perhaps it’s only temporary braced and that’s less stable.”
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2020
His real expression was, 'that he would not unbrace a single nerve for any treaty France could offer; such was their entire want of faith, morality, &c.'
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
Edwin, sunk in weariness, said little in opposition; and having suffered Monteith to take away his sword and to unbrace his plated vest, dropped at once on the straw in a profound sleep.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
Together all set their sheets, and all at once slacken their canvas to left and again to right; together they brace and unbrace the yard-arms aloft; prosperous gales waft the fleet along.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
Gather those broad leaves, and all the rest, growing under the brushwood; unbrace his armour.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
Retrofitting soft-story homes costs much more than fixing an unbraced “cripple wall”: $14,000 to $28,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
One prior case with possible legal parallels involves the 2013 collapse in Philadelphia of an unbraced wall of a building that was being demolished.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
Benscop used an excavator on the site that morning despite rules that an unbraced wall must be taken down by hand.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
So when he showed up next morning for the weekly White House breakfast with Democratic legislative leaders, he was unbraced for anything festive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing by itself, unbraced, Ferris’s wheel looked dangerously fragile.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Though swift in her racing, Like the kinsfolk before her, No heart-burst, unbracing Her strength, rushes o'er her.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
Judge Custis remarked, in spite of his fagged face, for good resolution and yesterday's unbracing had left him somewhat limp and haggard still.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred
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