unleash
verb (used with object)
to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.
unleashed
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past participleof unleash.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 unleash.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unleashverb (used with object)to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.
Example Sentences
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Scientists at Kobe University have discovered evidence that fresh magma is accumulating beneath Japan's Kikai caldera, which unleashed a catastrophic eruption about 7,300 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ackerman defended nicely for 38 balls but here he neither defended nor unleashed a drive.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Researchers were already developing AI models to break ciphers, but the public release of state-of-the-art generalist tools has unleashed dozens of new solutions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Hitler’s Germany unleashed the Furies of war,” Weirich observed after the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
My wife later said that I unleashed a summer of terror on us when I put the eggs under Hawk.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
