"unshackle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈʃak(ə)l/ Forms: unshackle [canonical], unshackles [third-person, singular], unshackled [past], unshackled [past, participle], unshackling [present, participle]
Etymology: un- + shackle Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|shackle}} un- + shackle Head templates: {{verb|unshackl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you unshackle a person, you remove shackles from them.
    Sense id: simple-unshackle-en-verb-CRiU61wQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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