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as in loosening
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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as in releasing
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 unleashing
Lumen Lumen is unleashing the world’s digital potential.
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Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And while the push-pull tension between the allure of complete social breakdown and the remorse over unleashing the collective id is what Folie à Deux really seems to want to dig into, the film never balances the two in a way that hits its targets.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
In 2017, the recent wave of mega overall deals kicked off with Shonda Rhimes’ high-profile departure from her longtime ABC Studios home to Netflix, unleashing a frenzied race for A-list talent that defined the streaming wars in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Today, it is hoped that this old dilemma will deter Moscow from unleashing the nuclear genie in the first place.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
That, in turn, would risk unleashing the all-out mutual destruction of the major powers’ homelands.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
Basic sanitary services had collapsed, unleashing a cholera epidemic that would eventually claim thousands of lives.
—Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And while the push-pull tension between the allure of complete social breakdown and the remorse over unleashing the collective id is what Folie à Deux really seems to want to dig into, the film never balances the two in a way that hits its targets.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
In 2017, the recent wave of mega overall deals kicked off with Shonda Rhimes’ high-profile departure from her longtime ABC Studios home to Netflix, unleashing a frenzied race for A-list talent that defined the streaming wars in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Today, it is hoped that this old dilemma will deter Moscow from unleashing the nuclear genie in the first place.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
That, in turn, would risk unleashing the all-out mutual destruction of the major powers’ homelands.
—Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
Basic sanitary services had collapsed, unleashing a cholera epidemic that would eventually claim thousands of lives.
—Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
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“Unleashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unleashing. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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