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un·teth·er

 (ŭn-tĕth′ər)
tr.v. un·teth·ered, un·teth·er·ing, un·teth·ers
1. To unfasten the tether of or release from a tether.
2. To disconnect: an opinion that was untethered to reality.
3. To free from restraints: The experience untethered his imagination.
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untether

(ʌnˈtɛðə)
vb (tr)
to untie; to free from tethers
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References in classic literature ?
When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap, the little robber maiden went to the Reindeer, and said, "I should very much like to give you still many a tickling with the sharp knife, for then you are so amusing; however, I will untether you, and help you out, so that you may go back to Lapland.
Here she would leave him untethered while she took to the trees for the moment's unalloyed pleasures of a return to the wild, free existence of her earlier childhood.
They left the horses standing untethered, and she led her lover into the cool recesses of the thicket to where crystal water bubbled from out the base of the mountain.
Someone listening on a pair of Bluetooth headphones will now be able to share music with another bluetooth device without having to untether his own headphones.
"We're working with SMC to bring advanced wireless products to market that 'untether' the home multimedia environment," said Craig Barratt, president and chief executive officer of Atheros.