unfixes
Makes no longer attached
Unfixes means to detach, loosen, or remove something from a fixed position.
A picture is unfixed from a wall, a bolt unfixed from its housing.
The word also applies to less physical things: to unfix someone's gaze is to break their stare; to unfix a belief is to destabilize it.
She unfixed the clasp and removed the necklace.
To separate from
- unbindTo release from bonds
- loosenReduce tension or grip
- unfastenRelease from attachment
- disengageBreak free from attachment
unhook · uncouple · unbolt · unlatch · unclasp · unstrap · untie · unstick
To let go
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- liberateSet free from captivity
- extricateFree from entanglement
- unleashTo release from restraint
unbridle · unshackle · unfetter · unchain · emancipate · loose · let go · uncage
detach
To separate from
disengage · unhook · uncouple · unbolt · unlatch · unclasp · unstrap · untie · unstick · unpin
release
To let go
unleash · unbridle · unshackle · unfetter · unchain · emancipate · loose · let go · uncage · unpen
unsettle
Cause unease or anxiety
destabilize · unbalance · displace · uproot · unground · disorder · derange · unsteady · unhinge · unmoor
undo
Reverse a prior action
annul · retract · rescind · revoke · negate · invalidate · countermand · repeal · overturn · unmake