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adjective

as in escaped

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verb

past tense of unleash
1
as in loosened
to set free (from a state of being held in check) unleashed all of his unspoken love for her in a long letter that he hoped he would have the courage to mail

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2
as in released
to find emotional release for lifting weights is a way for me to unleash all the frustrations of the workday

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Recent Examples of unleashed
Adjective
The slump in office leasing also unleashed waves of slumping values, failed property loans and even foreclosures of delinquent mortgages. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 The 24-year-old Italian hung in with his serve and his scrambling as Zverev unleashed wave after wave of unreturned serves and laser forehands, before clicking into gear to come from a set down and lift the trophy again, 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 July 2026 As Evil Dead Burn is unleashed on cinemas, the cast recently discussed the heavy toll of performing in the horror sequel. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 July 2026 Russia has unleashed waves of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv in recent months, including a barrage of strikes on Monday. — Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026 After Will’s funeral, Alice retreats to her in-laws’ remote, dilapidated house, where, through the Necronomicon, a demonic spirit is unleashed and begins to turn the family members into Deadites. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Restraint of animals Simply put, allowing unleashed animals to leave the property is a violation of Charlotte’s restraint of animals ordinance. — Eva Flowe july 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026 Her controversial mini-budget of unfunded borrowing unleashed complete panic on the financial markets. — Toby Helm, Time, 27 June 2026 Trump unleashed on the first-term senator in a Truth Social post on June 14. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Verb
Moscow accused Ukraine of targeting civilians, which would constitute a war crime, and unleashed a barrage of aerial strikes on its neighbor. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026 Seven months ago, Iran unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters who were demanding an end to the 47-year-old theocratic regime. — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US oil companies, reported gangbusters profits on Friday driven by the spike in global oil prices unleashed by the US-Iran war. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Denver Post via Getty Images On the night of July 31st, 1976, Colorado's monsoon season unleashed a torrential burst of rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorms across the Big Thompson Canyon between Estes Park and Loveland. — Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Instead of simply letting the girls enjoy the game, Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted them and unleashed a string of expletives. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026 Over the course of an hour, the clouds unleashed more than 7 inches of rain, swelling the river encased in the narrow canyon by a foot every three minutes. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026 Unfortunately, that also unleashed endless talk, not only about restaurants, but also about diets, nutrition, gastric symptoms, preferences, prohibitions and other unappetizing subjects. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 July 2026 Liverpool were trailing 2-1 early in the second half when the midfielder chested the ball down just outside the box and unleashed a fierce strike past Melker Ellborg. — James Pearce, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unleashed
  1. escaped
  2. loosened
  3. released
  4. unfettered
  5. unlocked
  6. unchained
  7. uncorked
Adjective
  • Video released by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows deputies finding 23-year-old Chase Orput lying shirtless on railroad tracks moments before taking the escaped inmate back into custody.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Each era's binding constraint, once loosened, ceased to be where advantage lived, and the frontier moved.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Once the ground is cleared and loosened, work in a layer of topsoil, compost, or fertilizer before laying down seed.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosened
Verb
  • Officials said the man, identified as Farinacci, was released because a cause had not yet been determined, but he was later arrested and charged.
    — Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • More than 112,000 absentee ballots had already been returned by the day the poll was released.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of released
Adjective
  • What might inspire someone who just graduated from probation to go on such an unfettered killing spree?
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • Users are prompting generative AI to bypass limitations, arguing for unfettered access and user responsibility.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of unfettered
Verb
  • Blanche addressed both concerns in a document that unlocked the votes of Sens.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Seed money bought you a prototype and early customers; those proof points unlocked the Series A, which bought product-market fit, which unlocked the Series B, which bought scale.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of unlocked
Adjective
  • Often the raconteur side is too unchained.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
  • Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of unchained
Verb
  • One day into free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers uncorked a series of rapid-fire moves.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Instead, the bubbly was uncorked in honor of utilityman Tyler Tolbert.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of uncorked

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