unbolt
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Wiseman then switched to a ratchet wrench to unbolt the failed device, known as a sequential shunt unit, or SSU.
From Reuters ● Oct. 15, 2014
“What if I found a way to unbolt the metal screens and crawl through the fan ducts into your cell, would you let me do it?”
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2014
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service could not cut the spike as it was too thick, opting instead to unbolt it.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2014
Grissom, White and Chaffee tried — briefly — to unbolt the hatch, but they were quickly overcome.
From Time ● Jan. 28, 2011
She dared not try to unbolt the great front door but instead tiptoed cautiously through the cold company room into the back chamber and let herself out the shed door into the garden.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
The monk woman unbolts a door, barely big enough for a medium-sized Labrador, and I stoop through.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2017
Some love seats and sofas are built with a frame system that unbolts easily once the dust cover on the bottom is removed, while others are a lot trickier to take apart.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2016
At the door he stops, collects himself, and quietly unbolts the door.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Friedrich cautiously rises; dresses; takes his money, his new red roquelaure, unbolts the Barn-door, and walks out.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Thomas Carlyle
Enter Arethusa, L., with candle; she lights another; and passes to door, R., which she unbolts.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
Last April, as part of the city’s reconstruction of Victor Steinbrueck Park, the poles were unbolted from their plinths and delivered to Discovery Park, where they have rested side by side, unprotected from the elements.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
For example, a converted 1991 Porsche can be unbolted and retuned back to its original state.
From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2021
The impact unbolted a large crystal chandelier above the ambassador’s desk that missed his head by inches.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2016
"The tigers got loose when a shutter of their cage was left unbolted," Prince-Cox explained.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
Tayo unbolted the door and opened it; he watched the rainwater pour out the rain gutter over the side of the long porch.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The U.S. better start unbolting the trophy from the New York Yacht Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last, about two o'clock, voices were heard along the corridor, tramping footfalls, the hoarse growl of the turnkeys, and finally the unbolting of the cell-door.
From When a Cobbler Ruled a King by Augusta Huiell Seaman
Then the old man hobbled round to the shed, and unbolting it from the inside, bade Jacob wheel in the cart.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson
Less than half an hour prior to Alan's arrival, the man Marvel left by unbolting the outer door.
From Till the Clock Stops by J. J. (John Joy) Bell
He therefore commenced proceedings by putting his arm over the half-door of the bar, coolly unbolting it, and leisurely walking in.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
