Synonyms for unchain
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhn-cheyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtʃeɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for unchain Other synonyms for the word unchain
- absolve
- acquit
- affranchise
- alleviate
- allow to go
- bail
- bail one out
- bail out
- become unfastened
- break up
- buy freedom of
- buy out
- cast loose
- come to rescue
- commute
- cut loose
- defend
- deliver
- demobilize
- disburden
- discharge
- disconnect
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- disengage
- disenthral
- disenthrall
- disimprison
- disjoin
- dismiss
- dispense
- dump
- ease
- ease off
- empty
- enfranchise
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extricate
- free up
- get off the hook
- get out from under
- get out of hock
- give a break
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- lax
- let go
- let loose
- let off
- let off steam
- let off the hook
- let out
- let up on
- liberate
- lighten
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- mitigate
- obtain release of
- open up
- pardon
- parole
- pay for release of
- pay ransom
- pull out of fire
- put on the street
- ransom
- recover
- regain
- relax
- release
- relieve
- reprieve
- reprise
- repurchase
- rescue
- salvage
- save
- save one's neck
- separate
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- slacken
- spring
- surrender
- take out
- turn loose
- turn out
- unbar
- unbind
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unburden
- unbutton
- uncage
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unload
- unlock
- unloose
- unpack
- unpin
- unscrew
- unshackle
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- vent
- wipe slate clean
- work free
- work loose
- yield
Définition of unchain
Origin :- 1580s, from un- (2) "opposite of" + chain (v.). Figurative sense of "to liberate" is recorded from 1793. Related: Unchained; unchaining.
- As in liberate : verb give freedom
- As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
- As in ransom : verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
- As in redeem : verb free; buy the freedom of
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in save : verb rescue
- As in loosen : verb unbind
- As in disburden : verb rid
- As in disembarrass : verb rid
- As in manumit : verb free
- As in discharge : verb set free
- As in emancipate : verb set free
- As in free : verb liberate, let go
- It was impossible for me to unchain myself, even at my greatest strength.
- Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue
- You must unchain the dog and take him to the milestone by the crossroads.
- Extract from : « Harding's luck » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
- We cannot assume that Russia desires to unchain such a European war.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) » by Various
- Such are the persons who want to unchain the hydra of revolutions!
- Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
- At that date it was no little matter to coax him round to unchain his vessel.
- Extract from : « Field and Hedgerow » by Richard Jefferies
- May not a modern Riquetti unchain so much, and set it drifting,—which also shall be seen?
- Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
- The royalists only awaited the favorable moment to unchain their vengeance on the capital.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
- I am yours to chain or unchain; I am your fighting man, your bloodhound, your leashed panther!
- Extract from : « Carlyon Sahib » by Gilbert Murray
- John orders his aides to unchain the prisoner and to fasten her firmly to the straw bed.
- Extract from : « The Executioner's Knife » by Eugne Sue
- As the Revolution developed they trembled at the anarchic forces they had helped to unchain, and tried in vain to curb them.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 » by Various
Antonyms for unchain
- abandon
- assign
- attach
- bind
- blame
- burden
- button
- charge
- collect
- combine
- compel
- condemn
- confine
- connect
- convict
- couple
- dam
- damn
- delegate
- detain
- disregard
- employ
- endanger
- engage
- enslave
- fasten
- fill
- forfeit
- gather
- harm
- hire
- hitch
- hold
- hold back
- hook
- hurt
- ignore
- imprison
- incarcerate
- increase
- incriminate
- injure
- join
- keep
- leave open
- limit
- link
- load
- lose
- maintain
- make vulnerable
- owe
- prevent
- punish
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- sentence
- squander
- suppress
- throw away
- tighten
- unite
- upset
- waste
- welcome
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