loosing

verb

Definition of loosingnext
present participle of loose
1
as in firing
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

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2
as in unleashing
to find emotional release for do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by

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3
as in freeing
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock

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4
as in loosening
to set free (from a state of being held in check) the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loosing
  1. firing
  2. unleashing
  3. freeing
  4. shooting
  5. releasing
  6. rescuing
  7. launching
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Hezbollah units continue firing rockets and drones across the border into Israel.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The measure also requires plants that use lignite coal to meet the same mercury emissions standards as facilities firing other types of coal.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of firing
Verb
  • Lumen Lumen is unleashing the world’s digital potential.
    Forbes, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And while the push-pull tension between the allure of complete social breakdown and the remorse over unleashing the collective id is what Folie à Deux really seems to want to dig into, the film never balances the two in a way that hits its targets.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of unleashing
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  • These are areas where AI can make a real impact, handling data-heavy, repetitive processes in these professionals’ work, freeing them to focus on tasks that require human judgment.
    Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Agents can handle administrative tasks such as invoicing, payments, and contract management, freeing up freelancers to focus on their core competencies, and increase their billable rate.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of freeing
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  • Claudio’s palace intrigues (attempting to overthrow Jon Voight’s Crassus, who wounds Claudio by shooting Deliverance-style arrows) initiates the film’s eventual mess.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
  • During the height of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop feud, a 25-year-old Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of shooting
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  • After releasing a complex application and revising it several times, the California Department of Education finally announced awards in May 2024.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Though Imperial is no longer operational, independent bottlers, like Cask 88, continue releasing stock of rare whisky casks.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of releasing
Verb
  • Chad Arnold is in charge of a team who has spent much of the last week rescuing people in the mountains of North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
    Michelle Boudin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Officials in Clearwater, further south along Florida’s Gulf Coast, also feared the worst after seeing overnight footage of first responders rescuing elderly locals in knee-deep flood water.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of rescuing
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  • At the dawn of the week, Venus and Mars decide to get together and go for it, launching us into Monday at high velocity.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Harris herself has visited Pennsylvania more than 13 times in 2024, and seven times since launching her presidential bid.
    Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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loosing

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