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Meanings of set loose in English

To give freedom; to release from confinement or restraint.

      Usage of set loose in English
      1
      All tagged with transponders, which means they were set loose on purpose.
      Fear nothing
      2
      Innovation, on the other hand, has also set loose some ominous possibilities.
      The Disposable Male
      3
      During the raid on the barbarian camp, their horses were set loose.
      Imperatrix
      4
      I am about to set loose forces that are dangerous if disturbed.
      When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
      5
      If the protomolecule is being weaponized, or even just set loose again-
      Nemesis Game
      6
      Nerve, limb, muscle, and flesh collapse as the Life is set loose.
      To-morrow?
      7
      Soon the girl was free, and she then set loose her little brother.
      Myths and Legends of the Sioux
      8
      To have a child was to set loose a force in the world.
      The penelopiad
      9
      The Devil told me the witch was to be set loose.
      Speaks the Nightbird
      10
      They misunderstood the masses and consequently were unable to control the forces set loose.
      The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement
      11
      Look what the witches have set loose upon the universe.
      Paul of dune
      12
      Both employ guileless heroes, set loose in a guileful world.
      The Guardian
      13
      Even with that mild criticism he set loose quite a murmur of minority agreement.
      Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
      14
      The word set loose numberless thoughts, distasteful ones, dead ones.
      Together
      15
      No madman set loose from captivity could be guilty of so extravagant, exaggerated elation.
      Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
      16
      The Melissa Mounds assault case had set loose a juggernaut in Russ Meyer's life.
      Big bosoms and square jaws
      This collocation consists of:
      Set loose through the time
      Set loose across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common