unleash
Americanverb (used with object)
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to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.
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to abandon control of.
to unleash his fury.
verb
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to release from or as if from a leash
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to free from restraint or control
Etymology
Origin of unleash
Example Sentences
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It warned on Monday that the war unleashed uncertainty over air traffic levels and -- crucially -- fuel costs.
From Barron's
Rapidly rising bond yields tend to unleash havoc on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch
She can’t afford to permit the freedoms of speech and assembly that an unconditional release of dissidents would unleash.
Global allies and partners, including many in the Gulf and Europe, have voiced alarm over the escalation and the regional instability it could unleash.
From Salon
A surge in domestic natural gas supplies unleashed by the shale boom undercut coal’s economics, as did cheap renewables, while state environmental policies accelerated the shift away from coal.
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