unshackled

[US]/'ʌn'ʃækld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. freed from restraints; not restricted

Real-world Examples

The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is now unshackled and free to fight for America in the way he sees fit.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2016

There was something cleansing about the act, as if by sailing, he could unshackle the gravity of his terrestrial existence.

Source: 202320

Competition may stiffen; in May ey decided to spin off its consulting arm to unshackle it from the stodgy audit business.

Source: Economist Business

Unshackling much of the tax, consulting, strategy and transactions work from audit would give the consulting arm more room for manoeuvre and free it from a partnership model that smothers quick decision-making.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" Six for each of us. I'd want eight, but these bracelets hinder me somewhat" . Jaime held up his wrists. " Unless the Lady Brienne would be so kind as to unshackle me" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

As with all realignments, there are winners and losers, and our attention is more easily captured by thoughts of hordes of marauding insects unshackled by global heating than by a handful of scientists fretting about a declining desert moth.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

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