unfix

verb

Definition of unfixnext
as in to unfasten

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Recent Examples of unfix This week, however, Mr. Cohen is poised to unfix Mr. Trump’s life. — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfix
  1. unfasten
  2. loosen
  3. unloose
  4. loose
Verb
  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of unfasten
Verb
  • That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Steam loosens any dirt on the floor, even working up sticky residue.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of loosen
Verb
  • But in 2010, Bernanke proposed something much more far-reaching: an initiative to disburse interest-free loans to major banks to unloose new tranches of cash throughout the economy.
    — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In a long, cozy sequence in the season’s first episode, Sam cooks breakfast for her sleeping household, sizzling sausage and frying eggs in a private ritual that’s best appreciated before her daughters rise and unloose chaos.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020
Definition of unloose
Verb
  • Even before the rains, rockslides loosed by the wildfire had tumbled onto the road.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Between the lines: OpenAI views Operator as the first baby steps toward loosing its AI on the world beyond ChatGPT's window.
    — Megan Morrone, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of loose

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“Unfix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfix. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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