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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She knows he has conceived some scheme to disembarrass her of a husband, she no longer care? for, to both become inconvenient.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
My object has been to disembarrass my force from the incubus of non-combatants.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
It requires the most fixed attention to the nice distinctions of such constantly-recurring 'notes and emendations,' to disembarrass the cursory reader from the notion that these are bon� fide corrections of the common text....
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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
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 Jenkins, Herbert George
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