Antonyms for unchain


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-cheyn
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtʃeɪn


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for unchain

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