disembarrass
Americanverb (used with object)
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to disentangle or extricate from something troublesome, embarrassing, or the like.
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to relieve; rid.
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to free from embarrassment.
verb
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to free from embarrassment, entanglement, etc
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to relieve or rid of something burdensome
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Origin of disembarrass
Example Sentences
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But now he was perfectly free to disembarrass himself of a trouble which had so seriously threatened his peace.
From A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories by Howells, William Dean
After making his descent into the ditch, Holtspur came to a halt—to disembarrass himself of the unbecoming garments that impeded the action of his arms and limbs.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
He did not, by any means, intend, he said, to disembarrass himself of the obligations which were imposed on him by the first article of the convention of the 15th September, 1865.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
Philosophers, blinded by their theological prejudices, in order to disembarrass themselves, have gone so far as to pretend that beasts have no feelings!
From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna
My object has been to disembarrass my force from the incubus of non-combatants.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
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