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DISEMBARRASS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disembarrass ... he / she / it disembarrasses
Past simple: disembarrassed
Past participle: disembarrassed
-ing form: disembarrassing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relieve from
Example:
Rid the house of pests
Synonyms:
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)
