unmoor

[ uhn-moo r ]

/ ʌnˈmʊər /

to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.

to bring to the state of riding with a single anchor after being moored by two or more.

(of a vessel) to become unmoored.

Origin of unmoor

First recorded in 1490–1500, unmoor is from the Middle English word unmooren. See un-², moor²

Millennials are “unmoored from institutions,” gasped Pew Research recently.

Rand Paul is Politically Divergent. And So He Must Be Stopped. |Nick Gillespie |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The idea of the city was much more alluring than the city itself on a rainy, unmoored day.

Writers on Their Difficult—And Not So Difficult—Break-Ups with New York City | |October 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If we are unmoored from the Constitution, then what are we onto?

Radio’s Mark Levin Might Be the Most Powerful Conservative You Never Heard Of |David Freedlander |October 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As a result, our modern gun-rights ideology is often unmoored from any sense of corresponding civic obligation.

Gun-Rights Advocates Should Fear History of Second Amendment |Saul Cornell |December 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

The Moloch was then unmoored, and took up its position stationary at a height of 1000 feet with absolute precision.

The Secret of the League |Ernest Bramah
She thus spoke; Ulysses unmoored his bark; the South winds bore away her unavailing words together with his sails.

Remedia A Moris or, The Remedy Of Love |Ovid
Perhaps, on the other hand, these wardens did not care to shout a final notice that the boat was now unmoored.

An Ambitious Woman |Edgar Fawcett
We were soon ready for sea; and unmoored about eight o'clock, the wind chopping about to the east.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland |Various
I ran in all haste to the beach, and unmoored a boat that lay alongside.

Harper's Magazine, Vol III, June 1851 |Various

unmoor

/ (ʌnˈmʊə, -ˈmɔː) /

to weigh the anchor or drop the mooring of (a vessel)

(tr) to reduce the mooring of (a vessel) to one anchor