uncaging

The Archer punched the forward button with his left thumb, "uncaging"; the missile and giving the infrared seeker-head on the Stinger its first look at the heat radiating from the Mi-24's turboshaft engines.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

This uncaging of the financial tigers at a time when the country needed reinvestment had a double negative effect.

The Last Republican 2009

Commit securely to true wisdom the vanquishing and uncaging of craft and subtlety, which are but her two runagates.

Uncollected Prose 2006

"You've only been set free," his voice then breaking on the last word, his face brushing forward a moment into a cage of hands, then uncaging again for a try at her own gay waltztime gallows laugh.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

'Then we make a prisoner instead of uncaging a captive.'

Farina George Meredith 1868

'Then we make a prisoner instead of uncaging a captive.'

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'Then we make a prisoner instead of uncaging a captive.'

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Mrs. Argenter had died of that disease which lets the spirit free like the uncaging of a bird.

The Other Girls 1865

She dreaded uncaging her secret, because of the change it must work, whether immediate action were taken or not.

There & Back George MacDonald 1864

Is n't there a story somewhere of a man uncaging, as he thought, a spaniel, and finding it to be a lion?

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Orville Dewey 1838