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
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
But wasting years, that wither human race, Exhaust thy spirits, and thy arms unbrace.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
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
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