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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Once in the drawing-room, Ginger began to disembarrass himself of his coat, and with incomparable gloom proceeded to roll it up and place it upon the mantelpiece beside the ormolu clock.
From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
Therefore, if you wish to be rid of these beasts, the sooner you put out the fire the better; and you will see how soon we shall disembarrass you of their presence.”
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid
He cleared his throat as though to disembarrass it of a garrote.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
My object has been to disembarrass my force from the incubus of non-combatants.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
I see—a sacrifice!—filial piety, and all that—to disembarrass his lordship.
From John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by George Colman
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