unshackle
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un·shack·le
(ŭn-shăk′əl)tr.v. un·shack·led, un·shack·ling, un·shack·les
1. To remove the shackles from.
2. To free; liberate: unshackled him from conventional thinking.
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unshackle
(ʌnˈʃækəl)vb (tr)
1. to set free from restrictions
2. to remove shackles from
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un•shack•le
(ʌnˈʃæk əl)v.t. -led, -ling.
to free from or as if from shackles; unfetter.
[1605–15]
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unshackle
Past participle: unshackled
Gerund: unshackling
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