Loose and Manacle

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Loose verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).

Usage example: animal-rights activists loosed the monkeys from their laboratory cages

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Manacle is an antonym for loose.

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

Manacle verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.

Usage example: manacled the prisoner to the wall

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Loose is an antonym for manacle.

Nearby Word: manacled

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