uncage

present singular third person uncages · participle present uncaging · participle past uncaged · past uncaged

1. To take out of or release from a cage.

   At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks.

   1927, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, E.P. Dutton & Co., page 33

2. broadlyTo unleash; to remove from restraints.