Unstrapped

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. To remove the fastening mechanism from an object or item
2. to release or free something that was previously secured
3. to detach a binding from a position or hold on something

Etymology: "Unstrapped" is the past tense and past participle of "unstrap," which is formed from the prefix "un-" added to "strap." The verb "strap" came into English from a noun meaning a strip of leather or cloth used to bind or fasten things, and the "un-" prefix reverses the action, so to unstrap something is to release it from its straps. Because "unstrapped" simply inherits its meaning from the verb, the word needs no special history of its own. Its sense is transparent: a bag, a helmet, or a passenger's harness that has been freed from its fastenings.

Synonyms: freed, released, loosened, unfastened, detached

Antonyms: strapped, fastened, secured, tied, bound