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Definition of unleash verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unleash

verb
 
/ʌnˈliːʃ/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they unleash
 
/ʌnˈliːʃ/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃ/
he / she / it unleashes
 
/ʌnˈliːʃɪz/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃɪz/
past simple unleashed
 
/ʌnˈliːʃt/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃt/
past participle unleashed
 
/ʌnˈliːʃt/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃt/
-ing form unleashing
 
/ʌnˈliːʃɪŋ/
 
/ʌnˈliːʃɪŋ/
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  1. unleash something (on/upon somebody/something) to suddenly let a strong force, emotion, etc. be felt or have an effect
    • The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnleash is used with these nouns as the object:
    • attack
    • barrage
    • flood
    See full entry
See unleash in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee unleash in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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