unshackle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to free from shackles; unfetter.
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to free from restraint, as conversation.
Etymology
Origin of unshackle
Example Sentences
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On Monday, Sir Keir wrote to civil servants to promise reforms that would unshackle them from bureaucracy and stop their talent being "constrained".
From BBC
She began in the 1930s as a Surrealist mining the mysteries of human memory, but these exceptional abstract paintings fully unshackle imagination.
From Los Angeles Times
However, she still strongly emphasizes to Paul that she believes that only the Fremen can unshackle themselves – not an outside messiah or prophecy.
From Salon
But these compounds must undergo reactions to unshackle the hydrogen, and recharging the material can be difficult.
From Science Magazine
"He's been brought up as a young player in a very toxic male environment and you can imagine that he wants to unshackle himself, giving players their voice."
From BBC
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