UNHOOKED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

unhooked

verb

past tense of unhook

as in unfastened

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After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of unfastened

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But these programs are disconnected and spread out across the state, creating a situation where students in one part of Connecticut may have access to opportunities that are walled off from students living elsewhere.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnected

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Shortly after the Chinese aerospace company LandSpace launched a rocket in northwestern China, its booster—the part needed to thrust the rocket into orbit—successfully detached and landed back on earth.

— Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
By the time Quinn sculpted Kate, the image had already detached.

— Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of detached

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In those moments, the quarterback’s mobility undid Florida’s defense, rushing for a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter while still managing 298 passing yards.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Last year, his boss launched a global trade war that freaked out the bond market and undid progress on inflation.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of undid

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Colombia opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, marking a major shift in relations with Israel after conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella restored diplomatic ties severed by his predecessor over the war in Gaza.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
One of those data cables had also previously been severed by the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 just one month earlier in November 2024, when that ship damaged two data cables in the Baltic region.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of severed

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This tadpole-like object is a clump of denser nebulosity that hasn't been completely photo-dissociated by the Trifid's radiation field yet.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Out the bottom, hypoaroused, includes being disengaged, numb, frozen, apathetic or even dissociated.

— Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of dissociated

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Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025

Definition of uncoupled

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And so the record is divided between tracks that capture the rush of losing yourself in a sea of bodies and the pain of being caught out at last call with no one to return home to.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Yet Perrette and Decker’s meaty roles still leave gaps – slightly lower down the international chain, questions remain over how territories are divided up and who looks after what.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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