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uncage

verb un·cage \ˌən-ˈkāj\

Definition of UNCAGE

transitive verb
:  to release from or as if from a cage :  free from restraint
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First Known Use of UNCAGE

1620

Related to UNCAGE

Synonyms
discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, free, unchain, unfetter
Antonyms
bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

Rhymes with UNCAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, presage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, upstage

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