unchain

[ uhn-cheyn ]

/ ʌnˈtʃeɪn /

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verb (used with object)

to free from or as if from chains; set free.

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Origin of unchain

First recorded in 1575–85; un-² + chain

OTHER WORDS FROM unchain

un·chain·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby unchain

unceremonious, unceremoniously, uncertain, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unchain, unchallenged, unchancy, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging

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How to use unchain in a sentence

He says we want to unchain the banks; no one wants to unchain the banks.
Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose|Howard Kurtz|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The death of this infamous Gaudry, just though it was, will unchain against our city the fury of the clericals.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
Sometimes she even constrained the English to unchain their prisoners themselves and set them free without ransom.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
May not a modern Riquetti unchain so much, and set it drifting—which also shall be seen?
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various

She saw that he would not break his promise, yet that her lightest word, her faintest signal, would unchain him.
A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike|Charles King
Then his dark face lighted with one of the slow, whimsical smiles that transformed it—“Unchain the ‘Spanish Bull-dog,’ feller!”
The Man from the Bitter Roots|Caroline Lockhart

British Dictionary definitions for unchain

unchain

/ (ʌnˈtʃeɪn) /

verb (tr)

to remove a chain or chains from

to set at liberty; make free

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Origin of unchain

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