Meaning of unstrangle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To undo a constriction of the air passages, or restore to life after death by strangulation.
2. To release from something that squeezes tightly around.
3. To free from the stranglehold of excessive constraints.
4. To free up (something) that has become choked up; unblock.
5. To relax from constricting tension.

Examples

“After you are seated and help⟳ your wife unstrangle herself out of her cloak and pick⟳ up her opera glass bag seven or eight times, and say⟳, "O, my God, can't you hang⟳ on to anything?"”

“That might be all right for Shorty, who is short, but, if that long- feared "Pride of Saskatchewan," Brother Sid Neville, ever got tangled up in a knot like⟳ that it might require⟳ medical aid to unstrangle him.”

“And that's something I can't stand⟳, never getting a second chance; it's like⟳ trying to unstrangle somebody or unslap somebody you've slapped, go stuffing kids back into their mothers.”

“get⟳ off a bus at the airways terminal, gather your luggage, chase⟳ your hat, unstrangle your scarf, and spend⟳ only half an hour (if you're lucky) trying to hail a taxi; — try⟳ to use⟳, in succession, half a dozen of the city's three hundred or so busted public telephones.”

“Sores and blisters were one introduction to the world of work⟳, and slashing at Clematis to unstrangle whippy shoots of beech, which slapped the face⟳ and stung the eyes in defiance, has left little affection for the creeper and a stoical appreciation of this irksome task.”

“Those who are afraid to unstrangle the judge⟳, and allow⟳ him to comment⟳ on the facts, contribute⟳ more than all others to the inefficiency of the jury today.”

“No more strangleholds! No more strangleholds! Ungag our souls!! Unstrangle our souls!! Unsmother our souls!!”

“This has been one way in which the surrealists have⟳ tried to unstrangle the iron⟳ grip of convention.”

“We don't even have⟳ a right to vote⟳ on this irrigation systems, but we come⟳ here to ask⟳ the Federal Government to unstrangle us with the state and the state law that's been passed down onto us.”

“He promised to unstrangle Houston's "miserable transportation system," to "get⟳ started rebuilding the inner city" and to "change⟳ attitudes" in the police department.”

“Speak⟳ the truth again: from the madhouse of your mother came a Jenny full of hot life and a lot of love⟳, who learned to unstrangle and is still unstrangling all the chokeholds that were put⟳ on you.”

“Bangkok trying to unstrangle its traffic”

“He drew a hand across his neck, as if to unstrangle his voice.”

“Mrs. Kane said, trying to unstrangle her voice. “Or better still—” she wet⟳ her lips and tried again, “or better still, why not ask⟳ Marlene? I bet⟳ Marlene would love⟳ to go with you.””

“Even Robert Parish was seen to unstrangle a smile⟳.”

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