unstrangle

verb5

1. •
   To undo a constriction of the air passages, or restore to life after death by strangulation.

   • After you are seated and help your wife unstrangle herself out of her cloak and pick up her opera glass bag seven or eight times, and say, "O, my God, can't you hang on to anything?" — 1913
2. •
   To release from something that squeezes tightly around.
3. •
   To free from the stranglehold of excessive constraints.

   • Those who are afraid to unstrangle the judge, and allow him to comment on the facts, contribute more than all others to the inefficiency of the jury today. — 1946
4. •
   To free up (something) that has become choked up; unblock.

   • He promised to unstrangle Houston's "miserable transportation system," to "get started rebuilding the inner city" and to "change attitudes" in the police department. — 1977
5. •
   To relax from constricting tension.

   • He drew a hand across his neck, as if to unstrangle his voice. — 1923