1. to release a ship or boat from its moorings; to untie or unfasten from a dock or anchor
Usage: nautical
2. to free from restraints or fixed positions; to make unstable or insecure
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The captain ordered the crew to unmoor the vessel before dawn.
• They had to unmoor the yacht from the marina before the storm hit.
• The sailors worked quickly to unmoor all the boats in the harbor.
• The economic crisis began to unmoor traditional business practices.
• His retirement unmoored him from his usual daily routine.
• The scandal threatened to unmoor the politician’s carefully built reputation.