DISBURDENING Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

disburdening

verb

present participle of disburden

as in unloading

to empty or rid of cargo disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

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as in relieving

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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Getting thousands of sailors and tons of equipment off the ship is like unloading a small city.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
Koons, one of the world’s most famous living artists, is said to be unloading the works in order to fund his own practice.

— News Desk, Artforum, 5 Oct. 2026

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Innova Market Insights connects the behavior to mentally resetting, recharging energy, refocusing attention and relieving stress.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Day is relieving tension from his long travel day, screaming wildly for his co-worker David.

— Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

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The city is continuing to replace lead pipes with copper ones in the older houses in the community with funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), ridding the community of pipes that might harm people or contaminate water.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The fatal crash has led city leaders and animal rights activists to take a new look at ridding New York of carriage horses.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

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In a Tuesday statement, Purdue University officials said researchers came across at least four coconut crabs while clearing an overgrown trail to the island's lagoon.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Just as running from my problems was, clearing my mind over the course of many miles, or racing hard, until the adrenaline cleansed me of feeling pain, sadness, disappointment, or rage.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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