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Disencumber

verb
(past & past part. disencumbered; pres. part. disencumbering)
1.
Release from entanglement of difficulty.  Synonyms: disentangle, extricate, untangle.






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"Disencumber" Quotes from Famous Books



... Before he could disencumber himself from the body another Hadendowa rushed at him with uplifted spear. Tom levelled his pistol at him, and pressed the trigger; but the weapon did not explode. He had already fired ...
— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough

... and Roland began straightway to disencumber themselves of arms and provisions, seeming well satisfied with its convenience. But not so little Peter; who, having faithfully accompanied them so far, now following numbly at his master's heels, and now, in periods of alarm or doubt, taking post in front, the leader of the party, ...
— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird

... mortals, who, but for you, would die like brutes, without help of pill or powder. It is pitiful to see your learned lymph oozing from your pores as if it were mere vulgar moisture. You think my shaving will cool and disencumber you? One moment and I have done with Messer Francesco here. It seems to me a thousand years till I wait upon a man who carries all the science of Arabia in ...
— Romola • George Eliot



Words linked to "Disencumber" :   disentangle, disengage, free



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