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The meaning of UNLEASH is to free from or as if from a leash : let loose. How to use unleash in a sentence.
verb [ T ] uk / ʌnˈliːʃ / us / ʌnˈliːʃ / to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled: At worst, nuclear war could be unleashed. Rachel's arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Creating and producing. anti-creative. artefact.
to let happen or begin something powerful that, once begun, cannot be controlled: The vice president unleashed a furious attack on leading Democratic representatives in Congress. (Definition of unleash from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of unleash. unleash.
Unleash definition: to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.. See examples of UNLEASH used in a sentence.
Literally, it means "set loose," like when a police officer unleashes her trained dog to sniff luggage for illegal drugs, or a farmer unleashes her llama after moving it into a pen. Figuratively, you can unleash all kinds of emotions, forces, opinions, and actions.
If you say that someone or something unleashes a powerful force, feeling, activity, or group, you mean that they suddenly start it or send it somewhere. Then he unleashed his own, unstoppable, attack.
UNLEASH meaning: 1 : to allow or cause (something very powerful) to happen suddenly; 2 : to remove a leash from (an animal) so that it can freely run, attack someone, etc.
