unleash

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unleash

  • /ʌnˈliʃ/

Rhymes with -iːʃ

verb unleashes · unleashing · unleashed

  1. transitive To free from a leash, or as from a leash. He unleashed his dog in the park.

    Opposite: leash, leash up

  2. figuratively To let go; to release. He unleashed his fury.
  3. figuratively To precipitate; to bring about. Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: loose, let loose, release, unwire, extricate, liberate, untie, emancipate, unlock, vacate, rid, detach, undo, relieve, emit, boost

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verb to free from a leash

Españoldesatar, libertar
日本語束縛を解く sokubaku o toku
中文釋放 /释放 shìfàng, 放開 /放开 fàngkāi
Portuguêssoltar, separar
Françaisdéchaîner
Deutschvon der Leine lassen, loslassen, freilassen, freien Lauf lassen
Italianosguinzagliare
Русскийспуска́ть с при́вязи spuskátʹ s prívjazi, спусти́ть с при́вязи spustítʹ s prívjazi
עבריתהִתִּיר hitír

verb to release

Españoldesencadenar, libertar
Portuguêsdesencadear
Françaissoulever
Deutschloslassen, bewirken, freisetzen
Italianoscatenare
Русскийвыпуска́ть vypuskátʹ, вы́пустить výpustitʹ

verb to precipitate; to bring about

Españoldesencadenar
Deutschentfesseln, vom Zaun brechen, entfachen

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@misc{unleash_2026,
  title = {unleash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unleash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}