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unbelt

[ uhn-belt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the belt from.
  2. to remove by undoing a supporting belt:

    to unbelt a sword.



unbelt

/ ʌˈɛ /

verb

  1. to unbuckle the belt of (a garment)
  2. to remove (something) from a belt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unbelt1

First recorded in 1475–85; un- 2 + belt
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Like a taut earthquake fault that too often unbelts itself and cuts loose with repellent force, a deep lode of hate and racist one-upmanship undergirds Southern California.

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“In 2021, almost 43,000 people lost their lives on America’s roads, and half of those in vehicles were unbelted. This proposed rule can help reduce that number by getting more to buckle up.”

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This simulation shows what happens to an unbelted rear seat passenger in case of a collision.

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Yet parents do not get to decide whether their children can legally go to school without a host of vaccinations, or sit unbelted in a moving vehicle.

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Over 800 people who were unbelted in the back seat die each year in car crashes.

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