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DISEMBARRASS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relieve from

Example:

Rid the house of pests

Synonyms:

disembarrass; free; rid

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disembarrass"):

cleanse (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins)

relieve (free from a burden, evil, or distress)

smooth; smooth out (free from obstructions)

clear (clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.)

disinfest (rid of vermin)

disembody (free from a body or physical form or reality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody of something

Derivation:

disembarrassment (something that extricates you from embarrassment)

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