unanchoring
/ʌnˈæŋkərɪŋ/
noun
- The act or process of detaching something from a fixed position.
- The unanchoring of the platform required careful planning.
- The unanchoring of the ship took longer than expected.
- The sudden unanchoring of the raft caused everyone to grab the sides.
verb
- The act of releasing or detaching something from a fixed point.
- The sailor is unanchoring the boat from the buoy.
- We spent the morning unanchoring the old fence posts from the concrete.
- She is carefully unanchoring the tent pegs from the hard ground.
- The process of becoming emotionally or mentally detached from a stable situation or belief.
- The community is unanchoring from its traditional values as new ideas arrive.
- She felt like she was unanchoring from everything she had known.
- He is unanchoring himself from his old habits and trying new routines.
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