unleash

Definition

  • verb: to allow or cause (something very powerful) to happen suddenly
  • verb: to free from or as if from a leash
  • synonyms: release

Examples

  • The editorial 'unleashed' a torrent/flood of angry responses.

  • The storm 'unleashed' its fury.

  • They 'unleashed' the hounds.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Now the Wild Men are moving through the Westfold, burning as they go. Rick, cot and tree. Where is Mama? This is but a taste of the terror that Saruman will unleash. All the more potent for he is driven now by fear of Sauron. Ride out and meet him head on. Draw him away from your women (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers