unmuzzle
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un·muz·zle
(ŭn-mŭz′əl)tr.v. un·muz·zled, un·muz·zling, un·muz·zles
1. To remove a muzzle from: unmuzzle a dog.
2. Informal To free from restraint or censorship: unmuzzle the press.
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unmuzzle
(ʌnˈmʌzəl)vb (tr)
1. to take the muzzle off (a dog, etc)
2. to free from control or censorship
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un•muz•zle
(ʌnˈmʌz əl)v.t. -zled, zling.
1. to remove a muzzle from (a dog, cat, etc.).
2. to free from restraint, as speech.
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unmuzzle
Past participle: unmuzzled
Gerund: unmuzzling
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| Verb | 1. | unmuzzle - remove the muzzle from (a dog) get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" muzzle - fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" |
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Translations
unmuzzle
[ˌʌnˈmʌzl] VT [+ dog] → quitar el bozal a (fig) [+ press etc] → quitar la mordaza aunmuzzled → sin bozal (fig) → libre, sin mordaza
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