unbrace
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“But when you start opening things up, start demo-ing a little slab, you might unbrace a column, and that column has temporary shoring, or perhaps it’s only temporary braced and that’s less stable.”
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2020
Edwin, sunk in weariness, said little in opposition; and having suffered Monteith to take away his sword and to unbrace his plated vest, dropped at once on the straw in a profound sleep.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
That holy one! who not his blood would spare, But did the dark Tartarean bolts unbrace; He, too, doth from my soul death's terrors chase: Then welcome, death! thy impress I would wear.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
He said, and turn'd his brother's vengeful mind; He stoop'd to reason, and his rage resign'd, No longer bent to rush on certain harms; His joyful friends unbrace his azure arms.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
But wasting years, that wither human race, Exhaust thy spirits, and thy arms unbrace.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
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