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cast loose

VERB
release
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clear deliver discharge drop free issue leak surrender
STRONG
absolve acquit commute disengage dispense emancipate exculpate excuse exempt exonerate extricate liberate loose loosen manumit spring unbind unchain undo unfasten unleash unloose untie vent yield
WEAK
bail out give off give out go easy on let off let off steam let up on open up set at large set free set loose take out turn loose turn out unfetter unshackle wipe the slate clean
Antonyms
STRONGEST
confine detain hold imprison keep limit restrain retain suppress
STRONG
bind blame charge condemn convict fasten incarcerate incriminate prevent sentence
WEAK
collect gather maintain

Example Sentences

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An instrument-laden pier survived Harvey’s landfall, but a boat cast loose by the storm later struck and destroyed it.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 1, 2017

Carried to about 15,000 feet by the mother plane, the baka would be cast loose by its pilot to ride on the 40-second "whoosh" from three powerful rockets.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day last week Austria's famed Glider Pilot Robert Kronfeld, onetime holder of the world's record, cast loose from a towing airplane over Calais, tussled with headwinds for two hours, landed at Dover.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, he had to pry his cast loose from the stylized posturing of the kabuki influence.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were just about to cast loose when their guide paused, boat-hook in hand.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie