unchain

[ uhn-cheyn ]

verb (used with object)

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

unchain

/ ʌnˈtʃeɪn /

verb

1. to remove a chain or chains from
2. to set at liberty; make free

Other Words From

• un·chaina·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of unchain¹

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

Example Sentences

He says we want to unchain the banks; no one wants to unchain the banks.

From The Daily Beast

The death of this infamous Gaudry, just though it was, will unchain against our city the fury of the clericals.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes she even constrained the English to unchain their prisoners themselves and set them free without ransom.

From Project Gutenberg

May not a modern Riquetti unchain so much, and set it drifting—which also shall be seen?

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She saw that he would not break his promise, yet that her lightest word, her faintest signal, would unchain him.

From Project Gutenberg

Then his dark face lighted with one of the slow, whimsical smiles that transformed it—“Unchain the ‘Spanish Bull-dog,’ feller!”

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Related Words

• acquit
• clear
• discharge
• dismiss
• extricate
• pardon
• parole
• release
• relieve
• rescue
• save