to unbar

Examples

• All

• He carefully unbarred the gate, allowing the curious dog to rush outside.

• Keepers of the threshold, watchers at the gate... unbar the guarded door.

  Kissing Darkness (2014)

• At the right moment, your fellows climb out, unbar the gates, and the town's yours.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He unbars the door, yanks it open, walks stiffly down the dim hallway, and emerges into the night's cold, gray rain.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The children eagerly unbarred the window to watch the parade passing by.

Synonyms

U

to unlatch

vsto unbar

7 3.2

Open something by lifting or releasing a small catch that holds it closed

targets a bar or bolt rather than a simple latch fastening

U

to unfasten

vsto unbar

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

is specific to removing bars or bolts, not all fastenings

U

to unbolt

vsto unbar

3 3.7

To move a metal bar or lock that keeps a door closed

is about taking off a bar or bolt to let the opening be used

U

to unhook the latch

vsto unbar

1 5.0

To open a gate or window by taking off the small catch that holds it closed

focuses on removing a bar or bolt rather than a small latch mechanism

U

to unbarricade

vsto unbar

1 8.2

To remove barriers to make a place open again

refers to removing a small bar or bolt, not big barriers

Antonyms

B

to bar

7 2.8

To block a path or entrance by placing something across it

How Open

to open

∞ 1.0

to unbar

7.4

to bar

7 2.8

to bolt

34 2.8

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Etymology