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- Dictionaryunleash/ʌnˈliːʃ/
verb
- 1. release (a dog) from a leash: "they dig up badger setts and unleash terriers into them"
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UNLEASH definition: 1. to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled: 2. to suddenly release a violent…. Learn more.
The meaning of UNLEASH is to free from or as if from a leash : let loose. How to use unleash in a sentence.
to let happen or begin something powerful that, once begun, cannot be controlled: The vice president unleashed a furious attack on leading Democratic representatives in Congress. (Definition of unleash from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of unleash. unleash.
verb. If you say that someone or something unleashes a powerful force, feeling, activity, or group, you mean that they suddenly start it or send it somewhere. Then he unleashed his own, unstoppable, attack. [VERB noun] The officers were still reluctant to unleash their troops in pursuit of a defeated enemy. [VERB noun]
Unleash definition: to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.. See examples of UNLEASH used in a sentence.
Literally, it means "set loose," like when a police officer unleashes her trained dog to sniff luggage for illegal drugs, or a farmer unleashes her llama after moving it into a pen. Figuratively, you can unleash all kinds of emotions, forces, opinions, and actions.
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.
