DISEMBARRASSED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

disembarrassed

verb

past tense of disembarrass

as in freed

to set free from entanglement or difficulty still struggling to disembarrass herself of the emotional baggage of a failed relationship

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An additional 10% could be freed up if the stock closes at least 30% above the IPO price for five of the ten trading days heading into the report.

— Lora Kolodny,Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 July 2026
After firefighters freed her, paramedics took her to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where she was pronounced dead.

— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of freed

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Despite arriving in February 1992 with no coaching experience whatsoever, Keegan saved Newcastle from the precipice.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Firefighters battled the blaze inside the village and saved all the local homes, even if two barns went up in flames, Moreno said, adding that the firefighters should receive as much admiration as the soccer players who won the World Cup on Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of saved

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At first, Kelela felt liberated by the scene’s sense of freedom.

— Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Her parents arrived in America with her older sister in 1947 after getting liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and losing most of their family in the Holocaust.

— Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of liberated

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Joseph said Levovitz is trying to sell the property and has disengaged with the tenants’ union after previously agreeing to make repairs last month.

— Dylan Lysen July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
Far from being disengaged from the city’s fiscal challenges, residents demonstrated a clear understanding of the seriousness of this issue to the future of Chicago.

— Karen Freeman-Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

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