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[ uhn-cheyn ] / ʌnˈtʃeɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unchain ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to free from or as if from chains; set free. Origin of unchainFirst recorded in 1575–85; un-2 + chain OTHER WORDS FROM unchainun·chain·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby unchainuncensored, unceremonious, uncertain, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unchain, unchallenged, unchancy, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unchainHe says we want to unchain the banks; no one wants to unchain the banks. Rick Santorum: Here Are the Reasons That Romney Might Lose|Howard Kurtz|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The royalists only awaited the favorable moment to unchain their vengeance on the capital. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2|Eugne Sue At that date it was no little matter to coax him round to unchain his vessel. Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies We cannot assume that Russia desires to unchain such a European war. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)|Various
May not a modern Riquetti unchain so much, and set it drifting—which also shall be seen? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various The death of this infamous Gaudry, just though it was, will unchain against our city the fury of the clericals. The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for unchain
verb (tr)to remove a chain or chains from to set at liberty; make free Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unchainsave, rescue, free, redeem, detach, emancipate, liberate, extricate, leak, clear, drop, deliver, discharge, surrender, issue, recover, salvage, break up, slacken, relax |