Antonyms for unfix


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-fiks
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɪks


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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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