Also means
to unlock
Usage Note
Sbloccare is the standard verb for releasing something that is stuck, frozen, or locked — a phone screen, a traffic jam (sbloccare il traffico), or a bank account. Its reflexive sbloccarsi means 'to become unblocked' or figuratively 'to loosen up.' It takes avere as its auxiliary.
Examples
"Devo sbloccare il telefono con il PIN."
Natural Translation
I need to unlock the phone with the PIN.

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