Usually means: Releasing something from being stuck.
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  1. unsticking: Merriam-Webster
  2. unsticking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unsticking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. unsticking: Wordnik
  5. unsticking: Wiktionary
  6. unsticking: Dictionary.com
  7. unsticking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The act of removing something that was stuck

Similar:
undoing, unhooking, dislodging, unpicking, untying, undocking, unplugging, deinsertion, detethering, unscrewing, more...

Opposite:
sticking, adhering, attaching, clinging

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Similar:
undoing, unhooking, dislodging, unpicking, untying, undocking, unplugging, deinsertion, detethering, unscrewing, more...

Opposite:
sticking, adhering, attaching, clinging



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