Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unshackle
Participle: unshackled
Gerund: unshackling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unshackle |
| you | unshackle |
| he;she;it | unshackles |
| we | unshackle |
| you | unshackle |
| they | unshackle |
Perfect
| I | have unshackled |
| you | have unshackled |
| he;she;it | has unshackled |
| we | have unshackled |
| you | have unshackled |
| they | have unshackled |
Past
| I | unshackled |
| you | unshackled |
| he;she;it | unshackled |
| we | unshackled |
| you | unshackled |
| they | unshackled |
Pluperfect
| I | had unshackled |
| you | had unshackled |
| he;she;it | had unshackled |
| we | had unshackled |
| you | had unshackled |
| they | had unshackled |
Future
| I | will unshackle |
| you | will unshackle |
| he;she;it | will unshackle |
| we | will unshackle |
| you | will unshackle |
| they | will unshackle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unshackled |
| you | will have unshackled |
| he;she;it | will have unshackled |
| we | will have unshackled |
| you | will have unshackled |
| they | will have unshackled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unshackle |
| you | unshackle |
| he;she;it | unshackle |
| we | unshackle |
| you | unshackle |
| they | unshackle |
Perfect
| I | have unshackled |
| you | have unshackled |
| he;she;it | have unshackled |
| we | have unshackled |
| you | have unshackled |
| they | have unshackled |
Imperfect
| I | unshackled |
| you | unshackled |
| he;she;it | unshackled |
| we | unshackled |
| you | unshackled |
| they | unshackled |
Pluperfect
| I | had unshackled |
| you | had unshackled |
| he;she;it | had unshackled |
| we | had unshackled |
| you | had unshackled |
| they | had unshackled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unshackle |
| you | would unshackle |
| he;she;it | would unshackle |
| we | would unshackle |
| you | would unshackle |
| they | would unshackle |
Perfect
| I | would have unshackled |
| you | would have unshackled |
| he;she;it | would have unshackled |
| we | would have unshackled |
| you | would have unshackled |
| they | would have unshackled |
Imperative
| you | unshackle |
| we | Let's unshackle |
| you | unshackle |
Verbs conjugated like 'unshackle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unshackle'
enshackle,
shackle,
unshale,
untackle,
chackle,
entackle,
hackle,
hamshackle,
ramshackle,
respackle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *né
3. Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
4. Proto-Germanic *un-
5. Proto-West Germanic *un-
6. Old English un-
7. Middle English un-
8. English un-
9. English shackle
10. English unshackle
11. From un- + shackle.
Sample Sentences
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The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
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The sooner the railway can unshackle itself from DfT the better. [2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Wireless coverage leaves us hanging on our telephones”, in RAIL, number 965, page 43:]
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1818, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On Poesy or Art
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Painting was, as it were, a new art, and being unshackled by old models it chose its own subjects, and took an eagle’s flight.