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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

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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

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  1. unloaded
  2. relieved
  3. freed
Verb
  • Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026
  • No one exhaled until the cargo was unloaded, unswaddled, and confirmed to be in one piece.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of unloaded
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  • One imagines Dahl, whose sometimes monstrous characters captured childhood in all its messiness, would be relieved.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Eppley, a small business owner whose sports car repair shop is located nearby, said he was relieved to see the city taking action.
    — Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of relieved
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  • Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Removing operational pressures freed the district to focus on reaching more children.
    — Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of freed
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“Disburdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburdened. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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