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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembarrassed
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Many providers appreciate being freed from taking notes while talking to patients, but emerging evidence suggests the efficiency gains may be modest.—
Hilke Schellmann,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026 -
They were later freed by passersby and Caltrans workers.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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In Sonic 3’s credits, Sonic is being chased by an army of Metal Sonics, only to be suddenly saved by Rose.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Van Haalen saved the child with the help of firefighters Ben Wafful and Marco Matias, who both received life-saving awards at the ceremony.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Cause of the issue In a post-flight analysis of the Artemis 1 heat shield, NASA identified more than 100 locations where ablative thermal protective material was liberated during Orion's speedy reentry.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Less than a week after their arrival, a small American unit of roughly two dozen soldiers liberated the camp.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Get ready for a weekend curated for HER—holistic, empowered, and redeemed.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
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This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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The researchers created the virtual animals and released them into a synthetic world, giving them tasks on how to navigate, avoid obstacles and find food.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Minnesota is currently the only team among the top seven of the Big Ten not to be nationally ranked, though that situation may change when Monday’s latest Associated Press poll is released — the Gophers fell two votes shy in last week’s Top 25 polling.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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The father disengaged from the physical altercation with his son and retreated behind the uniformed police officers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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People who are disengaged from issues of inequity, and who don’t invest in learning and growing as allies, experience lower self-confidence at work and have lower job satisfaction.—
John M. LaVelle,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
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Firefighters rescued one occupant from the apartment where the fire started and performed lifesaving measures, along with medics, for 40 minutes, Willie said, but the man died at the scene.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2026
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Six members of the group survived and were rescued.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Disembarrassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembarrassed. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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