to unshackle
5
6.5
- verb
- /ʌnˈʃækəl/
:
liberar
- We unshackled ourselves from Europe only for the Left to look back at it with glowing eyes and wanting to return.
You could unshackle yourself from those internal, that internal dialogue and the external pressures of the world.
- You could unshackle yourself from those internal, that internal dialogue and the external pressures of the world.
- Bill, you, if you're correct and this is really the way to move forward, what do you do when you unshackle women?
Examples
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In asking his colleagues to unshackle themselves from rigid thinking, he was understood to be encouraging them to be more pragmatic in their thinking as China evolves politically.
Academic text (2008) -
If corporations were unshackled and could partake in the political process as editorial pages do, the traditional media would face yet another blow to their authority.
Academic text (2010) -
The count ordered that his wife be unshackled at once.
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It's what I hope for you this week in this season of your life, is that you will unshackle yourself from the chains of your past.
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And when the public unshackles itself from dogma, it takes an important step toward the realization that when decisions are informed by science, both the individual and society are better served.
Academic text (2007) -
These communitarians seek to foster public spirit and thereby tame the self-interest that liberalism unshackles.
Academic text (1999) -
After a socialist government brought on economic chaos, the military seized power in a bloody coup and soon embarked on a program of drastic reform -- privatizing state enterprises, fighting inflation, opening up foreign trade and investment, and unshackling markets.
Blog text (32) -
After years of hard work, she finally managed to unshackle her business from restrictive regulations.
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The therapist helped him unshackle his mind from the doubts that held him back.
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The movement aims to unshackle communities from the limitations imposed by poverty.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
337
1.0
To release someone or something that is held
218
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
104
4.3
Set someone free from prison or unfair control
84
1.3
Make a skill, chance, or secret become available
22
7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
17
8.0
To remove handcuffs from someone's wrists
13
3.8
Set something free from being held or controlled
12
4.9
To free someone from a difficult or confusing situation
6
4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
5
3.4
To open something by undoing a button or zipper
3
6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
3
5.8
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
1
6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
1
7.4
To take away rules or limits so it can work more freely
1
7.0
To make something less tight or set something free
1
9.9
To free someone from control or false ideas
1
6.7
To free something by letting go of ties or limits
To make something less tight or free it from something holding it
To take the reins or other ties off something so it can move
To remove a block so water or air can flow again
Antonyms
How Free
- Formal
23
7.0
104
4.3
5
6.5
∞
1.8
88
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unshackle is made of un- and shackle; un- means 'not' or 'reverse', and a shackle is a metal chain that holds a person's hands or feet, so to unshackle someone is to take off their chains and free them from limits.