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
When they reached the very bottom and the wall rose frowning above them, Lasaraleen was shaking so that she could not unbolt the gate.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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
The devil rarely bolts and unbolts his door for his own guests.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The fair one, all tearful and dishevelled, unbolts it, and ushers in the minister, who comes followed by the girl's parents and two witnesses, who are in the plot.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Jack Allyn
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
Even the America’s Cup was finally unbolted from its display case at the New York Yacht Club after 132 years.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2018
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
No one was stirring down-stairs, so I unbolted the door and went out.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
The U.S. better start unbolting the trophy from the New York Yacht Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a grin, Kirby took Naida’s hand and led her down the steps, unbolting each bronze gate but the last.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
Nevertheless he did not resign his project, and he determined to accustom Nanette to a frequent unbolting of the door, in hopes that, grown careless, she might some time forget to bolt it again.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
Someone whom I could not see was evidently unbolting and unlocking the principal entrance to the inn.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
One precaution the visitors had taken, that of unbolting the back door, so that retreat might not be barred in case they were discovered.
From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Edwin Willard Deming
