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单词 disencumber
释义

disencumber

verb

dis·​en·​cum·​ber ˌdis-in-ˈkəm-bər How to pronounce disencumber (audio)
disencumbered; disencumbering; disencumbers

transitive verb

: to free from encumbrance : disburden

Synonyms

  • disburden
  • discharge
  • off-load
  • unburden
  • unlade
  • unload
  • unpack
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Example Sentences

we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon
Recent Examples on the Web However, before negotiations between Lyon and the Gunners can begin in earnest, the Gunners may first have to disencumber themselves of the German's £350,000-a-week wages. SI.com, 3 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle French desencombrer, from des- dis- + encombrer to encumber

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

disencumber

verb

1
as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unload
  • disburden
  • unburden
  • unlade
  • discharge
  • evacuate
  • unpack
  • off-load
  • relieve
  • free
  • lighten
  • vacate
  • empty
  • void
  • clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • load
  • charge
  • pack
  • fill
  • stuff
  • cram
  • heap
  • jam
  • jam-pack
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2
as in to rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rid
  • relieve
  • free
  • disburden
  • unburden
  • clear
  • divest
  • unfetter
  • liberate
  • manumit
  • enfranchise
  • emancipate
  • unchain
  • uncage
  • extricate
  • rescue
  • unbind
  • loosen
  • discharge
  • loose
  • redeem
  • disentangle
  • spring
  • disengage
  • release
  • deliver
  • bail (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • encumber
  • burden
  • saddle
  • restrain
  • hamper
  • subject
  • weight (down)
  • bog (down)
  • fetter
  • shackle
  • weigh down
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of disencumber are disembarrass, disentangle, extricate, and untangle. While all these words mean "to free from what binds or holds back," disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down.

an article disencumbered of jargon

The words disembarrass and disencumber can be used in similar contexts, but disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders.

disembarrassed herself of her advisers

Both disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things.

disentangling fact from fiction
untangle a web of deceit

The meanings of extricate and disencumber largely overlap; however, extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation.

extricated himself from financial difficulties
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