uncork

Verb

uncork (third-person singular simple present uncorks, present participle uncorking, simple past and past participle uncorked)

1. (transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
   • uncork a bottle of wine
   • After Compiègne, André uncorked a bottle of his Vin Rosé which went down uncommonly well and we reached Aulnoye without further incident.1961 March, ""Dalmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150–151
2. (transitive) To release.
   • The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories.2002, The Middle East, numbers 319-329, page 10
   • In Chile in 2017, for example, historic rains uncorked a gargantuan landslide near a receding glacier.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic