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单词 unshackle
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unshacklev.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃakl/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃæk(ə)l/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1b(b). Compare Dutch ontschakelen.
1.
a. transitive. To free from a shackle or fetter. Also figurative.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint
ungyve1531
unlock1531
unbuckle1548
unpen1561
unmanacle1582
unmuzzlec1585
unseal1589
dischain1603
unshackle1611
to let out1613
uncage1620
unfreeze1637
loosen1645
unconfine1651
unsequester1664
unbay1687
uncurb1729
unbind1735
unleash1822
disenchain1853
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement > free from specific type of bonds
unfetter1362
untiec1450
ungyve1531
unsnare1550
unmanacle1582
unhalter1584
uncollar1611
uniron1611
unshackle1611
dismanacle1628
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destraver, to vnshackle, vngyue.
1650 R. Gentilis tr. V. Malvezzi Considerations Lives Alcibiades & Corialanus 129 But to doe it [sc. overcome his enemy] when he is shackled and bound, without unshackling or unbinding is very much.
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 518 Unshackle his Nature, and turn his Desires loose, and then you shall see, what he will choose.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 76 The patriot bands, that..unshackled nations.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) To unshackle the hands.
b. To untie, detach.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)]
undoc1275
unwork1548
ungluea1617
unhinge1655
disattach1658
disengage1662
untacka1677
unglutinate1683
detach1686
unshackle1694
unship1793
unhitch1876
1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens iv. iii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 195 Only t'unshackle your rope, that hangs at your heels.
2. Nautical. To remove a shackle from (a chain, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > detach in other specific manner
unnaila1400
to pull offa1425
nipc1450
unlink1569
unhook1611
unhinge1616
unsling1630
to pinch off1654
untack1693
unstring1697
peel1787
unbolt1793
unthong1829
unswing1835
unshackle1840
unsnap1862
unbraze1898
delink1899
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast vii. 56 We hove in upon our chain, and after stoppering and unshackling it again and again,..we at length tipped our anchor.
1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. ix. 97 Unshackling the anchor, I put the shackle in my pocket.
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