unstring

1. (transitive) To remove the string or strings from.Examples: "Unstring the bows before storing them."; "When he looked at her neck he was reminded of how difficult it was to unstring a turkey."; "When you unstring the bow and it snaps right back to its unstrung profile, you probably have a nice piece of wood that's properly dry."transitive

2. (transitive) To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.Examples: "[T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung."; "The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […]"; "A fire is the only thing that unstrings me entirely, I feel so helpless to combat it. I'm afraid of snakes, but I can kill them."transitive

3. (transitive, computing, programming, COBOL) To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.Examples: "It is also possible to save the delimiters (this might prove useful if the delimiters were also some sort of text identifier) and to count the length of the data items we are unstringing."Synonyms: explode, split, explodetransitive