untraps

Releases from confinement

Untraps means to release from a trap or trapped condition.

The word appears in gaming contexts where characters or objects become stuck: The spell untraps your ally from the snare.

More broadly, it describes freeing anything caught or confined: She untrapped the raccoon from the cage.

liberation

frees

Removes from captivity

extricates · delivers · emancipates · unbinds · unchains · loosens · disentangles · springs · saves · recovers

mechanical

unlocks

Disengages a fastening

releases · triggers · springs · mechanisms · catches · latches · snares · devices · contraptions · resets

problemsolving

solves

Finds the answer to

unravels · extricates · fixes · clears · frees up · unblocks · debugs · troubleshoots · works out · escapes

Opposites
capture vs. release

untrapstraps

Devices for catching prey

ensnares · entraps · captures · snares · catches

restriction vs. liberation of movement

untrapsrestrains

Holds back or controls

binds · tethers · shackles · fetters · immobilizes

Family

untrap, untrapped, untrapping

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G