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set at large

VERB

release

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear deliver discharge drop free issue leak surrender

STRONG

absolve acquit commute disengage dispense emancipate exculpate excuse exempt exonerate extricate liberate loose loosen manumit spring unbind unchain undo unfasten unleash unloose untie vent yield

WEAK

bail out cast loose give off give out go easy on let off let off steam let up on open up set free set loose take out turn loose turn out unfetter unshackle wipe the slate clean

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confine detain hold imprison keep limit restrain retain suppress

STRONG

bind blame charge condemn convict fasten incarcerate incriminate prevent sentence

WEAK

collect gather maintain

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We encamped near the rancho of a friendly Californian—the man who was taken prisoner the other day and set at large.

From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin

Once more, O Trent! along thy pebbly marge ��A pensive invalid, reduced and pale, From the close sick-room newly set at large, ��Woos to his wan worn cheek the pleasant gale.

From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk

"To beard the Devil in his den; To smite him with the strength of ten; To set at large the souls of men."

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez

Knock off the shackles which thy spirit bind To dust and sense, and set at large the mind!

From Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration by Steinmetz, Margaret Bird

The profe of all these I do reserue, as I haue often saide, to a conuenient boke, wherein they shall be all set at large.

From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert

set at large

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