"unchain" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unchain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unchains [present, singular, third-person], unchaining [participle, present], unchained [participle, past], unchained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: un- + chain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|chain}} un- + chain Head templates: {{en-verb}} unchain (third-person singular simple present unchains, present participle unchaining, simple past and past participle unchained)
  1. (transitive) To remove chains from; to free; to liberate. Tags: transitive Synonyms: unfetter Translations (to remove chains from; to free; to liberate): dichadennañ (Breton), desencadenar (Catalan), elĉenigi (Esperanto), vapauttaa (Finnish), déchainer (French), déchaîner (French), libérer (French), desencadear (Galician), deskatenizar (Ido), desencadear (Portuguese), dezlănțui (Romanian), desencadenar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unchain-en-verb--DMM~9k1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To remove chains from; to free; to liberate."
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "dichadennañ"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "desencadenar"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "elĉenigi"
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      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
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      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "déchainer"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "déchaîner"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "libérer"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "deskatenizar"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
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      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "dezlănțui"
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      "sense": "to remove chains from; to free; to liberate",
      "word": "desencadenar"
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