Antonyms for unfix
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhn-fiks |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɪks |
- approve
- arrange
- associate
- attach
- bind
- blame
- burden
- button
- close
- collect
- combine
- compel
- complete
- condemn
- confine
- connect
- convict
- couple
- damn
- desegregate
- detain
- do
- employ
- engage
- enslave
- entangle
- fasten
- fix
- gather
- harm
- hire
- hitch
- hold
- hook
- hurt
- imprison
- incarcerate
- increase
- injure
- join
- keep
- limit
- link
- maintain
- marry
- merge
- permit
- plug
- punish
- remain
- restrain
- restrict
- sentence
- stay
- suppress
- tie
- tighten
- unite
- validate
Definition of unfix
- As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
- As in undo : verb open
- As in loosen : verb unbind
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in unbind : verb undo
- As in unclasp : verb undo
- As in uncouple : verb detach
- As in unloose : verb undo
- As in unloosen : verb undo
- As in detach : verb disconnect, cut off
- As in disconnect : verb take apart; uncouple
- As in disengage : verb free from connection
- As in dissociate : verb part company with; separate
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
- The order was marching by149 fours to fix or unfix bayonets.
- Extract from : « The heart of happy hollow » by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Whereupon the Soudanese caught hold of the bayonet and tried to unfix it.
- Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
- "There's only one thing to unfix the things I've stuck together," he said.
- Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum
- What mattered that to unfix those glittering stars would still tax both skill and patience!
- Extract from : « On the Frontier » by Bret Harte
- The company officers ordered their men to unfix bayonets, and to help each other up the rocks.
- Extract from : « History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) » by Sir Frederick Maurice.
- That transfer, just or unjust, had taken place so long ago, that to reverse it would be to unfix the foundations of society.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Instead, we fix and unfix bayonets every ten minutes and make martial noises.
- Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 152, Feb. 7, 1917 » by Various
- Nothing could now unfix his gaze from the little ring of metal with its black interior.
- Extract from : « The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians » by Ambrose Bierce
- The power of music, the power of poetry, to unfix and as it were clap wings to solid nature, interprets the riddle of Orpheus.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Fix and unfix bayonet are executed with promptness and regularity but not in cadence.
- Extract from : « Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 » by United States War Department
Synonyms for unfix
- absolve
- abstract
- acquit
- alienate
- alleviate
- back off
- back out
- bail
- bail out
- become unfastened
- break it off
- break it up
- break off
- break up
- clear
- cut loose
- cut off
- cut out
- deliver
- demobilize
- detach
- disaffiliate
- disassemble
- disassociate
- disband
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- disjoin
- dismiss
- dismount
- disperse
- disrupt
- dissever
- dissociate
- distance
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- drop it
- drop out
- ease
- ease off
- emancipate
- enfranchise
- estrange
- extricate
- free
- isolate
- lax
- let go
- let loose
- let off
- let off the hook
- let out
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- mitigate
- opt out
- pardon
- parole
- part
- pull the plug
- put on the street
- quit
- ransom
- redeem
- relax
- release
- relieve
- remove
- reprieve
- rescue
- save
- scatter
- segregate
- separate
- set apart
- set free
- sever
- sideline
- slacken
- slip
- spring
- sunder
- take apart
- tear off
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbar
- unbind
- unblock
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- uncage
- unchain
- unclasp
- unclose
- uncouple
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unloosen
- unpin
- unravel
- unscrew
- unshut
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstop
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- unwrap
- weasel out
- withdraw
- work free
- work loose
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