The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
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Unshackle
Synonyms for "unshackle" (38 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- освобождавам verb (to remove restrictions or inhibitions)
- свалям оковите verb (to remove shackles)
Dutch
2 entries- bevrijden verb (to remove shackles)
- ontboeien verb (to remove shackles)
French
2 entries- déchainer verb (to remove shackles)
- émanciper verb (to remove restrictions or inhibitions)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The sooner the railway can unshackle itself from DfT the better.
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1818, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On Poesy or Art Painting was, as it were, a new art, and being unshackled by old models it chose its own subjects, and took an eagle’s flight.
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