unleashing
Letting loose upon
Unleashing is setting something free from restraint, often something powerful or potentially destructive: unleashing the dogs, unleashing a torrent of criticism.
The image is of releasing a leashed animal.
The word typically implies sudden release of pent-up force: The scandal unleashed a wave of resignations.
Releasing or letting go
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- loosingSetting something free
- uncagingReleasing from confinement
- detachingUnfastening from attachment
untying · unhitching · unlatching · unbolting · uncorking · opening · unlocking · unclasping
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
empowerment · unchaining · unshackling · unfettering · unbinding · release · deliverance · disenthrallment
Setting something in motion
- startingInitiating an action
- beginningInitial stage of something
- commencingBeginning to happen
- kickoffOpening play in football
activation · triggering · sparking · igniting · inaugurating · introducing · debut · pioneering
Violent sudden release
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
flood · cascade · deluge · barrage · fury · storm · tempest · flare-up
Repeated light striking
- harnessingControlling to extract benefit
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- maximizingIncreasing to fullest extent
- activatingCausing to function
awakening · channeling · empowering · enabling · cultivating · realizing · fulfilling · discovering
discharging
Releasing or letting go
detaching · untying · unhitching · unlatching · unbolting · uncorking · opening · unlocking · unclasping · unmooring
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-determination · empowerment · unchaining · unshackling · unfettering · unbinding · release · deliverance · disenthrallment · extrication
launching
Setting something in motion
- startingInitiating an action
- beginningInitial stage of something
- commencingBeginning to happen
kickoff · activation · triggering · sparking · igniting · inaugurating · introducing · debut · pioneering · catalyzing
eruption
Violent sudden release
outpouring · flood · cascade · deluge · barrage · fury · storm · tempest · flare-up · burst
tapping
Repeated light striking
- harnessingControlling to extract benefit
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- maximizingIncreasing to fullest extent
activating · awakening · channeling · empowering · enabling · cultivating · realizing · fulfilling · discovering · expressing
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
unleashingrestraining
Holding something back
containing · holding back · checking · curbing · reining in
unleashingsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
repressing · stifling · squelching · quelling · quashing
unleashingcaging
Enclosing in confinement
confining · imprisoning · penning · trapping · incarcerating
leash, unleash, leashed, unleashed, unleashes, leashing, leashless