unbrace

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unbrace - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unbrace \Un*brace"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + brace.]
     To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a
     drum; to unbrace the nerves. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

unbrace - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unbrace
      v 1: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie,
           unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie]
      2: remove from tension
      3: remove a brace or braces from