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Definition: Unleash |
UnleashVerb1. Release or vent, as of emotions and reactions. 2. Release from a leash, as of dogs. 3. Turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: UnleashSynonyms: let loose (v), loose (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Liberation | Unfetter; untie; loose; (disjoin); loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I must be handsome when I unleash my rage. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin) Now, to unleash screaming temporal doom! (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) At my signal, unleash hell. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war. (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior; writing credit: Terry Hayes; George Miller) | |
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Health | When the immune system malfunctions, it can unleash a torrent of disorders and diseases. (references) | |
This information was prepared by the inter-agency Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis, which includes representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Association of People With AIDS, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, and representatives of state and local health departments and water utilities. (references) | ||
Business | Poland's admission to the EU will unleash major new investments in public buildings. (references) | |
Political Economy | HAITI | Resolution of Haiti's political crisis could unleash forces that could expand Haitian exports, revive the formal sector and improve prospects for foreign trade and investment. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | You heard it in my op-ed, Unleash Israel and Win Peace. |
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But if the provocateurs unleash a war, they will not evade responsibility and the grave consequences a war would bring upon them. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our turning away would unleash new instabilities, new dangers around the globe, which, in turn, would threaten our own security. |
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| "Unleash" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 86.42% of the time. "Unleash" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 86.42% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.11% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.47% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 81 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unleash": unleash war. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "unleash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, resolve, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), ndërsej (bait, incite, instigate), lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حرر (cast off, clear, decontrol, deliver, detach, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, grant freedom, liberate, manumit, open, phrase, redact, redeem, release, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, subedit, unchain, uncork, unlock, unstitch), أطلق العنان ل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | развързвам (cast off, disengage, loose, loosen, solve, unbend, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unknot, unlash, unstring, untether, untie), отпускам (allocate, allot, ease off, grant, issue, loosen, pay away, pay out, relax, release, slack, slacken, slouch, unbend, unbrace, unfasten, unrein, untuck, unwind), отприщвам (free, loosen, uncork, unjam, unstop), пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 解开 (Disengaged, Disengaging, unbuckle, Undid, undo, undoing, undone, unfasten, unfastened, unfastening, unhook, Unhooked, Unlink, unravel, untangle, untangled, untangling, untie, untied, Untighten, untying, unwind, unwinding, unwound, unwrap, unwrapped), 發揮 (bring into play, bring to bear), "開 (release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozpoutat (begin, break, touch off), pustit z řemene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ازبندبازکردن , رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unloose, Unsling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | panna kytkytyestä, päästää irti (let go, let loose, let off the lead, loosen, release one's hold, unchain, unfasten, unloose), päästää irralleen (let loose, let off the lead, loosen, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | détacher (unbind, uncouple, unfasten, unfix, unpin, unswathe, untie), débrider (unbridle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entfesseln. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απολύω (disband, discharge, dismiss, dismiss from, fire, release, sack, send away, unbind, uncage, unhand, unloose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elenged (let go, let off, set loose, to disband, to dismiss, to excuse, to let go one's hold, to let loose, to let off, to let out, to let slip, to mull, to relax one's hold, to release, to remit, to slip, to uncoop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sguinzagliare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 해방하십시" (liberate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eashunlay soltar (cob, discharge from, drop, extricate, free, give off, give over, heave, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, open, release, relinquish, set free, set up, slacken, throw, unbend, unbind, unbrace, uncage, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unfix, unhand, unlink, unshackle, unstrap, untwine, utter), separar (branch, break, buddle, calve, detach, disassemble, disband, disconnect, discriminate, disembody, disengage, disestablish, disintegrate, disjoin, dispart, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divvy, insulate, island, isolate, keep apart, outbreak, part, seclude, segregate, separate, sever, sort, sort out, sunder, uncouple, unlink, wean). (various references) porni (begin, commence, goad, move, put away, sail, set, set in motion, stand, start, start for, take to, urge), dezlega un câine, dezlãnţui (deliver, rage, release, unbridle, unchain, uncouple), declanşa (fire, spring, trip, unloose). (various references) спускать с привязи. (various references) pustiti s uzice, otpočeti (begin, inchoate), osloboditi (absolve, acquit, affranchise, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, exculpate, exempt, free, let loose, let off, liberate, make free, release, relieve, rid, set free, unbind, unloose, unyoke, vindicate). (various references) desatraillar. (various references) koppla lös. (various references) tasmasını çıkarmak, salmak (let off, let out, release, unbind). (various references) tutaюdyrmak (rouse), зцzmek (loosen, untie). (various references) спускати із швори, розв'язувати (adjust, loosen, unbind, undo, untie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unleash": unleashed, unleashes, unleashing. (additional references) | |
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"Unleash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunleath, unleesh, unsleash. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unleash" (pronounced unlē"sh) |
| 3 | -l ē" sh | leash. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: hansel, hausen, lehuas, uhlans, unlash, unseal. | |
-2 letters: ashen, elans, hales, hanse, hauls, heals, hulas, lanes, leans, leash, lehua, lunas, lunes, selah, shale, shaul, sheal, shuln, uhlan, ulans, ulnae, ulnas, usnea. | |
-3 letters: ales, anes, anus, elan, haen, haes, hale, haul, heal, hens, hues, hula, huns, lane, lase, lash, lean, leas, lens, lues, luna, lune. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: launches, unlashed, unlashes. | |
+2 letters: eulachans, eulachons, hazelnuts, inhaulers, launchers, lunkheads, spleuchan, unlatches, unleashed, unleashes, unshackle, unshapely. | |
+3 letters: halogenous, harlequins, houseclean, houseplant, languished, languisher, languishes, lunchmeats, punishable, relaunches, spleuchans, unchastely, unleashing, unshackled, unshackles, unshakable. | |
+4 letters: ailanthuses, bashfulness, harmfulness, hatefulness, heulandites, housecleans, houseplants, languishers, leprechauns, nailbrushes, unabashedly, unashamedly, uncrushable, unshockable. | |
+5 letters: anemophilous, faithfulness, glutathiones, habitualness, hallucinates, hallucinoses, housecleaned, knuckleheads, languishment, malnourished, manslaughter, monadelphous, noncrushable, polyanthuses, qualmishness, shamefulness, slaughtering, superhumanly, thankfullest, thankfulness, thunderclaps, unhandsomely, unhealthiest, unhysterical, unsearchable, unsearchably, untouchables, vanquishable, watchfulness, wrathfulness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 6C 65 61 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .-.. . .- ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n l e a s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 006C 0065 0061 0073 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807871678574 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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