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

  • (..) he sealed it. . . . . .until that time when his own true Heir returned to the school. The Heir alone. . . . . .would be able to open the Chamber. . . . . .and unleash the horror within, and by so doing. . . . . .purge the school of all those who. . . . . .in Slytherin's view, (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • (..) ...the Orc could tell us. There was nothing more he could tell me. What did he mean by "the flames of war"? It means they intend to unleash a weapon so great... ...it will destroy all before it. I want the watch doubled at our borders. All roads, all rivers. Nothing moves, but I hear of it. (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • (..) Let me go! Scream all you want, small mailman. None of your mailmen friends can hear you. I will unleash all my wilderness explorer training! Alfa, Fredricksen is coming back! Guard that bird. If you see the old man, (..)
    2009 Up