unleash
verb /ʌnˈliːʃ/
/ʌnˈliːʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unleash | /ʌnˈliːʃ/ /ʌnˈliːʃ/ |
| he / she / it unleashes | /ʌnˈliːʃɪz/ /ʌnˈliːʃɪz/ |
| past simple unleashed | /ʌnˈliːʃt/ /ʌnˈliːʃt/ |
| past participle unleashed | /ʌnˈliːʃt/ /ʌnˈliːʃt/ |
| -ing form unleashing | /ʌnˈliːʃɪŋ/ /ʌnˈliːʃɪŋ/ |
- unleash something (on/upon somebody/something) to suddenly let a strong force, emotion, etc. be felt or have an effect
- The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnleash is used with these nouns as the object:- attack
- barrage
- flood
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