UNCHAINING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

unchaining

verb

present participle of unchain

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild

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Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
The extra compression zipper shrinks the bulk of everything from linen dresses to matching sets, freeing up valuable suitcase space without sacrificing organization.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026

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Orbit was a member of the electronic music trio Torch Song in the early 1980s, releasing three albums on the IRS label before moving into music production, including creating the soundtrack for the 1986 hockey film Youngblood.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
The office will confirm identifications and ensure proper paperwork is filed before releasing the remains back to family.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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Divers wear blackout masks and practice rescuing themselves and fellow firefighters while operating without vision.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The health department said the child and several other people who were bitten while rescuing the boy from the animal underwent treatment for rabies.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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For Russian propagandists, the Azov Brigade, which began as a nationalist militia, was shorthand for the supposedly fascist influences from which Vladimir Putin claimed to be liberating Ukraine.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
By liberating real-time data flows, financial institutions can gain a single, accurate source of truth.

— Jody Bhagat, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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