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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of unbar.

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  • adjective not firmly fastened or secured

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Examples

  • I groaned and headed for the stairs, but I saw the elevators were now unbarred.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • I groaned and headed for the stairs, but I saw the elevators were now unbarred.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • No man of the dull crew saw him slip through the door unbarred.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • I groaned and headed for the stairs, but I saw the elevators were now unbarred.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • He showed no fear of any man, but neither would he leave gates unbarred, or fail to set good sentries on the walls.

    A River So Long 2010

  • Buncan could not find a spot of mud, a chunk of decaying plaster, or a blighted structure anywhere as they passed through the unbarred gate into the city proper.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • I ran downstairs and along the passageway, with the consul and Terentia at my heels, and together with Quintus and the Sextus brothers we dragged away the chest and the couch and unbarred the door.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • The innkeeper unbarred the main gates and pushed them back to reveal the stranger.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • I threw open the newly unbarred door then reached for her arm, but she had mist drifting around her ankles.

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • If the broad doors opening from the horse fair into the burial ground had been unbarred, Cadfael would have entered the precinct that way, to reach the stables without having to ride round to the gatehouse, but he knew they would be fast closed.

    A River So Long 2010

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