Definitions

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  • verb transitive To release from a gag.
  • verb transitive To release from a gag order.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ gag

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Examples

  • But General Musharraf needs to be put under international pressure if he's to lift emergency, retire as chief of army staff, hold an honest election, ungag the media and free the political prisoners.

    CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2007 2007

  • JustACitizen.com and there is a petition to ungag FBI Whistleblower Edmonds and unredact her official 911 testimony and very interesting interviews where she asks questions of the most important things to look for when researching 911.

    Firedoglake » The Heckuva Job Bushie and GOP Weekend Round-Up 2006

  • He didn't bother ordering his henchmen to ungag Talsu before they took him back to his own cell.

    Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

  • Was it impossible to free a limb, or to ungag his mouth?

    The Unclassed George Gissing 1880

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