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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It was in reality rather as a jest, and to disembarrass himself of the importunities of Morelos, that Hidalgo bestowed this singular and important commission.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
I 'm doubting whether there was anyone to disembarrass that flyman of yours of your luggage.
From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry
And of his vigilant sentinel there seems but one way to disembarrass himself.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
To disembarrass myself from my seeming rudeness as politely as possible, I bowed to his gaze, and said inquiringly: ‘I have the honor to address Mr. Mundt?’
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
She knows he has conceived some scheme to disembarrass her of a husband she no longer cares for—to both become inconvenient.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
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