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单词 disencumbering
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

disencumbering

verb

present participle of disencumber
1
as in unloading
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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  • unloading
  • disburdening
  • evacuating
  • discharging
  • unpacking
  • unlading
  • unburdening
  • off-loading
  • relieving
  • emptying
  • lightening
  • freeing
  • vacating
  • clearing
  • voiding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • loading
  • packing
  • filling
  • charging
  • jamming
  • stuffing
  • cramming
  • jam-packing
  • heaping
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2
as in relieving
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

  • relieving
  • ridding
  • freeing
  • disburdening
  • clearing
  • unburdening
  • divesting
  • liberating
  • unfettering
  • manumitting
  • rescuing
  • enfranchising
  • emancipating
  • discharging
  • loosening
  • uncaging
  • springing
  • releasing
  • unbinding
  • redeeming
  • bailing (out)
  • loosing
  • delivering
  • unchaining
  • disentangling
  • disengaging
  • extricating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • weighting (down)
  • encumbering
  • burdening
  • saddling
  • bogging (down)
  • restraining
  • subjecting
  • hampering
  • weighing down
  • fettering
  • shackling
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