as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of unlashed the ropes which secured the crate in the bed of the truck

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Verb
  • The studio is littered with props: water guns, Hula-Hoops, foam pool noodles, flip-flops, New Balance sneakers with the laces untied.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
  • In almost no time Sophie and Laura had managed to untie one knot, only to find a tighter and far more perplexing one at its center.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • And then Joe Biden decided to undo that with the signing of his signature.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The number of departures would effectively undo that staffing increase, Bloomberg reported.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
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  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Idaho’s 1-to-6 ratio for infants remains in place, but the ratios were loosened for all older children.
    Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Compliance Gets Hyperlocal There is a tendency when reading headlines about sweeping changes to major regulatory initiatives to look only at the top-line effects — federal regulation is loosening — and the assumption that this will make compliance less burdensome.
    Mary Foley, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
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“Unlash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlash. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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