unbolt
Example Sentences
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The coaches who had the keys had already left for the game, and nobody else could unbolt the door.
From Los Angeles Times
They unbolt the hinges on the back of trailers so people can enter, and then reattach them so that drivers are unaware of the load they are carrying.
From New York Times
The workday is done when the fishermen unbolt their skiff motors and stow them on the banks for safekeeping.
From Washington Times
The metal poles appeared to have been either unbolted or felled using a hacksaw.
From New York Times
Mr Tompkinson claimed he and his family had suffered a catalogue of "extremely poor and negligent" workmanship and botched repairs - including unbolted banisters, sinking bathroom floors, micro-cracks, subsidence and missing brickwork.
From BBC
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