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单词 disburdened
释义

disburden

verb

dis·​bur·​den (ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn How to pronounce disburden (audio)
disburdened; disburdening; disburdens

transitive verb

1
a
: to rid of a burden
disburden a pack animal
b
: unburden
disburden your conscience
2
: unload
disburdened their merchandise in the town square

intransitive verb

: discharge
the vessels disburdened at the dock
disburdenment
(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn-mənt How to pronounce disburden (audio)
noun

Synonyms

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

disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours
Recent Examples on the Web This is again a reform that would very much disburden the poor, the crime being so closely linked to their particular distress. Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

disburdened

verb

past tense of disburden
1
as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unloaded
  • unburdened
  • disencumbered
  • discharged
  • evacuated
  • unladed
  • unpacked
  • relieved
  • emptied
  • lightened
  • off-loaded
  • freed
  • vacated
  • voided
  • cleared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • loaded
  • packed
  • filled
  • charged
  • heaped
  • stuffed
  • crammed
  • jammed
  • jam-packed
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2
as in relieved
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relieved
  • rid
  • freed
  • ridded
  • unburdened
  • cleared
  • disencumbered
  • divested
  • liberated
  • emancipated
  • rescued
  • unfettered
  • enfranchised
  • loosened
  • discharged
  • manumitted
  • sprung
  • loosed
  • unbound
  • sprang
  • released
  • uncaged
  • unchained
  • redeemed
  • extricated
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • delivered
  • bailed (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • burdened
  • saddled
  • encumbered
  • subjected
  • hampered
  • restrained
  • bogged (down)
  • fettered
  • weighted (down)
  • shackled
  • weighed down
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