unfasten

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For 12 days, we shared every moment and, surrounded by the kind of beauty only a remote bay in the Pacific could afford, I felt something unfasten in my chest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

To serve the cheesecake, run a knife around the outer edge to loosen it from the pan, then carefully unfasten the sides of the pan and transfer the cheesecake to a cake plate or stand.

From Fox News • Dec. 16, 2021

Operators are supposed to unfasten all of the seat belts after each ride so the next load of people can be buckled in.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

Turn off the heat, allow the pressurized steam to escape, then unfasten the lid and check for doneness; you want your beans to be very tender and quite creamy.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2018

Each morning I’d get up, unfasten the bobby pins that held my pin curls in place, and get dressed.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson