unstopping
Opening a sealed passage
Unstopping is the act of removing a blockage or obstruction—the opposite of stopping up.
You might speak of unstopping a drain or unstopping a bottle.
The word also applies figuratively: The therapy helped with unstopping years of repressed emotion.
As a present participle of unstop, it can function as a verb form or a noun describing the process itself.
Removing an obstruction
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- openingGap or start
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- releasingAllowing to escape
unplugging · dislodging · removing · draining · flushing · plunging · liberating · loosening
Never coming to rest
- uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
- ongoingIn progress now
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
incessant · sustained · unbroken · relentless · persistent · tireless · inexorable · unrelenting
Flow out forcefully
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
stream · rush · flood · spout · discharge · current · flux · efflux
Without any boundaries
- infiniteHaving no bounds
- unboundedHaving no limits
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- uncontainedNot kept within limits
unchecked · unhindered · unfettered · uninhibited · unconstrained · free-flowing · unbridled · unimpeded
unclogging
Removing an obstruction
releasing · unplugging · dislodging · removing · draining · flushing · plunging · liberating · loosening · extracting
unceasing
Never coming to rest
- uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
- ongoingIn progress now
- perpetualLasting without interruption
constant · incessant · sustained · unbroken · relentless · persistent · tireless · inexorable · unrelenting · unwavering
gush
Flow out forcefully
outpouring · stream · rush · flood · spout · discharge · current · flux · efflux · jet
limitless
Without any boundaries
- infiniteHaving no bounds
- unboundedHaving no limits
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
uncontained · unchecked · unhindered · unfettered · uninhibited · unconstrained · free-flowing · unbridled · unimpeded · expansive
unstoppingstopping
Ceasing to continue
plugging · blocking · clogging · obstructing · corking
stop, stopped, stopping, stopper, stoppage, unstoppable, doorstop, non-stop, unstop