loosening

A controversial process of extracting otherwise-secret information from a friend or co-worker by getting them drunk and thereby loosening their control on their tongue

supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening

Effects are sedation, decrease in anxiety, loosening of inhibitions, and loss of balance

place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

v place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue