unleash

unleash
transitive verb Date: circa 1671 1. to free from or as if from a leash ; let loose <
unleash the dogs
>
<
unleashing his anger
>
2. to throw, shoot, or set in motion forcefully <
unleashed a superb shot…to earn his side a point — New York Times
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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