Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unleash
Participle: unleashed
Gerund: unleashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unleash |
| you | unleash |
| he;she;it | unleashes |
| we | unleash |
| you | unleash |
| they | unleash |
Perfect
| I | have unleashed |
| you | have unleashed |
| he;she;it | has unleashed |
| we | have unleashed |
| you | have unleashed |
| they | have unleashed |
Past
| I | unleashed |
| you | unleashed |
| he;she;it | unleashed |
| we | unleashed |
| you | unleashed |
| they | unleashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unleashed |
| you | had unleashed |
| he;she;it | had unleashed |
| we | had unleashed |
| you | had unleashed |
| they | had unleashed |
Future
| I | will unleash |
| you | will unleash |
| he;she;it | will unleash |
| we | will unleash |
| you | will unleash |
| they | will unleash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unleashed |
| you | will have unleashed |
| he;she;it | will have unleashed |
| we | will have unleashed |
| you | will have unleashed |
| they | will have unleashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unleash |
| you | unleash |
| he;she;it | unleash |
| we | unleash |
| you | unleash |
| they | unleash |
Perfect
| I | have unleashed |
| you | have unleashed |
| he;she;it | have unleashed |
| we | have unleashed |
| you | have unleashed |
| they | have unleashed |
Imperfect
| I | unleashed |
| you | unleashed |
| he;she;it | unleashed |
| we | unleashed |
| you | unleashed |
| they | unleashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unleashed |
| you | had unleashed |
| he;she;it | had unleashed |
| we | had unleashed |
| you | had unleashed |
| they | had unleashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unleash |
| you | would unleash |
| he;she;it | would unleash |
| we | would unleash |
| you | would unleash |
| they | would unleash |
Perfect
| I | would have unleashed |
| you | would have unleashed |
| he;she;it | would have unleashed |
| we | would have unleashed |
| you | would have unleashed |
| they | would have unleashed |
Imperative
| you | unleash |
| we | Let's unleash |
| you | unleash |
Verbs conjugated like 'unleash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unleash'
unlash,
leash,
unbeach,
unbeast,
unease,
unflesh,
unhash,
unlast,
unlead,
unleaf,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to give freedom to; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses
- befree, deliver, disentangle, extricate, free, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, release, set free, turn loose
- express
- air, utter, verbalize, release, vent, discharge
Antonyms
- express
- suppress, repress, withhold
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-s
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
5. Proto-Germanic *anda-
6. Proto-West Germanic *anda-
7. Old English and-
8. Old English on-
9. Middle English on-
10. English un-
11. English leash
12. English unleash
13. From un- + leash.
Sample Sentences
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He unleashed his dog in the park.
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Somewhat unsurprisingly, unleashing the most powerful navy on the planet with carte blanche to exterminate slavers on sight saw a dramatic and sudden collapse in slaver numbers in the late 1840s and early 1850s. [2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 10:12 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:]
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He unleashed his fury.
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It is the goneness of the Holocaust that produces the simultaneous profusion of discourses and understandings; the goneness is what opens up, what spurs, what unleashes the perpetual desire to do, to make, to rethink the Holocaust. [1999, Vivian Patraka, Spectacular Suffering: Theatre, Fascism, and the Holocaust:]
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As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net. [2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:]
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In 1989, as communism was beginning to crumble across Eastern Europe, just a few months before protesters started pecking away at the Berlin Wall, the Japanese game-making giant Nintendo reached across the world to unleash upon America its own version of freedom. [2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine:]
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Storm Charlie had raged throught^([sic]) the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end. [2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:]
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Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession. [2009 July 11, Bob Herbert, “The Human Equation”, in The New York Times:]
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People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days? [2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times:]