Verb

(explor)

(obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.

To examine or investigate something systematically.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke

, title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

(medicine) To examine diagnostically.

To (seek) experience first hand.

To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

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They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored' wherever they were permitted to ' explore , paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

Verb

(es)

To free from a leash, or as from a leash

He unleashed his dog in the park.

to let go; to release

He unleashed his fury.

To precipitate; to bring about

* {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation

, passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}

(soccer) To strike; kick

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.}}