unleashing

verb

present participle of unleash
1
as in loosening
to set free (from a state of being held in check) unleashed all of his unspoken love for her in a long letter that he hoped he would have the courage to mail

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2
as in releasing
to find emotional release for lifting weights is a way for me to unleash all the frustrations of the workday

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Recent Examples of unleashing The arrow hurdled forward, unleashing an audible woosh followed by a distant thwack. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 There is Kylian Mbappe, unleashing a full-power strike, first with his right foot against Senegal, then his left foot against Iraq. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026 The emphasis is on fun and teamwork, rather than unleashing some sort of psycho Woody Hayes trip on a bunch of kids who are still rocking footy pajamas. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026 The first, and most obvious, is that Google isn’t unleashing this capability on general consumers. — Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2026 The sociologist Max Weber foresaw the paralysis of this bureaucratization that is now unleashing a rising fury against democracy itself. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 But Krem has other ideas, unleashing sudden violence as the Knolls’ 13-year-old daughter Ruthye (Eve Ridley) witnesses the savage murder of her parents and brother. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 Yes, the same Time Laser that franchise legends Britney Haynes, Danielle Reyes, and Frankie Grande set off three years ago after breaking into the Big Brother 23 house and unwittingly unleashing the Big Brother multiverse. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unleashing
  1. loosening
  2. releasing
  3. unlocking
Verb
  • Matching trousers stayed narrow through the hips before loosening down the leg into a slight flare.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
  • The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with congressional Republicans in further loosening campaign finance limits, a decision likely to upend how political parties funnel millions of dollars into TV ads in the upcoming midterm elections.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 30 June 2026
Definition of loosening
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  • Tianwen-1 is a Mars orbiter, lander and rover mission that successfully touched down on the red planet on May 15, 2021, releasing its Zhurong rover.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • After releasing albums across genres, both country and dance music, there has been growing speculation that the last project in the trilogy could be a rock album.
    — Caché McClay, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of releasing
Verb
  • Muncy unlocking even more potential at the hot corner is a big part of the Dodgers raising their defensive ceiling.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • But after his imprisonment, Lilburne’s Proposition became the defining cause of the radical Leveller movement, which subsequently dedicated itself to unlocking all of the revolutionary possibilities lurking in the word equal.
    — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of unlocking

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“Unleashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unleashing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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