Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To release or loose from a leash.
  • transitive verb To set free from restraints.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To free from a leash, or as from a leash; let go.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To free from a leash, or as from a leash
  • verb to let go; to release
  • verb soccer To strike; kick

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb release from a leash
  • verb release or vent
  • verb turn loose or free from restraint

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Examples

  • December 7th, 2009 12: 29 pm ET favorable for what? what is she running for? what is her program - and for what? what does she stand for? can she articulate any of it? what did McCain unleash on us?

    CNN Poll: Palin's popularity on the rise 2009

  • Without a bold effort to shrink government and again unleash entrepreneurship, Mr. Pi ñ era will be unable to deliver on his campaign promise of 6% growth annually and 200,000 new jobs per year.

    Now Free Chile Mary Anastasia O 2010

  • And the vigilantism that Mr. Lindsay’s idea can unleash is scary.

    Citizen’s arrest : Law is Cool 2009

  • Aside from the awkwardness of the phrase unleash power for the sake of having a meaningful acronym, my complaint was that you couldn’t tell what the A stood for.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Acronym Stacking 2004

  • A quick Google of your name can unleash ghosts from the past, so don't put anything out there if it doesn't represents you!

    Nicole Forrester: Four Ways to Repel Women Nicole Forrester 2011

  • A quick Google of your name can unleash ghosts from the past, so don't put anything out there if it doesn't represents you!

    Nicole Forrester: Four Ways to Repel Women Nicole Forrester 2011

  • If he is going down, and the U.S. is moving massively against him, will he do what he didn't do a dozen years ago, namely unleash weapons of mass destruction?

    CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2002 2002

  • Cut taxes, minimize business regulation, and "unleash" business, and what you really do is provoke economic crises too big for a weakened government to deal with.

    Andrew Reinbach: The Stakes This November 2010

  • Starting in the late 1970s our country embarked on a grand real-time experiment to "unleash" the economy from government rules and oversight.

    Les Leopold: Why the Big Lie About the Job Crisis? 2010

  • Starting in the late 1970s our country embarked on a grand real-time experiment to "unleash" the economy from government rules and oversight.

    Les Leopold: Why the Big Lie About the Job Crisis? 2010

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