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unbrace
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unbrace has 3 senses
- unbrace(v = verb.contact) unlace, untie - undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" is one way to undo
- unbrace(v = verb.change) Array - remove from tension; Array is one way to relax, unbend
- unbrace(v = verb.change) Array - remove a brace or braces from; Array is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
unbrace, v. t. [1st pref. un- + brace.].
To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unbrace, v.tr.
1 (also absol.) free from tension; relax (the nerves etc.).
2 remove a brace or braces from.
1 (also absol.) free from tension; relax (the nerves etc.).
2 remove a brace or braces from.
ROGET THESAURUS
unbrace
Weakness
VB be weak, drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate, unbrace, unnerve, cripple, unman, cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of, dilute, impoverish, decimate, extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin.
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