unyoke

American  

[uhn-yohk] / ʌnˈyoʊk /

verb (used with object)

unyoked, unyoking

1. to free from or as if from a yoke.

2. to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.

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verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

unyoked, unyoking

1. to remove a yoke.

2. to cease work.

unyoke British  

/ ʌnˈjəʊk /

verb

1. to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke

2. (tr) to set free; liberate

3. (tr) to disconnect or separate

4. archaic (intr) to cease working

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Etymology

Origin of unyoke

before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un- ², yoke ¹

Example Sentences

In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.

From Salon

More specifically, a female third party, unyoked from ego.

From Los Angeles Times

Then he unyoked the bullocks and led them to the small pool of water near which we had stopped, giving them each a handful of hay.

From Literature

And though one misses in McKenzie’s choir-boy countenance some of the irascible self-possession of Groff’s performance, the show’s depiction of teenagers with a need to unyoke themselves from adult control remains vibrantly intact.

From Washington Post

As part of Citizens’ unyoking from RBS and its continuing transformation, the lender has been building out its capital- and global-markets offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal