as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
the paying off of my loan left me feeling delightfully disencumbered
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as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo
we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night
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as in relieved
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disencumbered
Adjective
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If that wasn’t enough action in the sprints, Santa Margarita’s boys emerged victorious after a confusing finish in the 200 free relay.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026 -
Scotto expects notable free cash flow generation and a strong balance sheet to easily cover the capex guidance increase.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Tuesday’s hearing came as The New Corolla, the last oil tanker to come through the Strait and sail to California since the war began, unloaded its cargo in Long Beach.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Filipino fishermen returning from about a month at sea unloaded catches of yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and blue marlin last May at the General Santos fish port, which is known as the Philippines’ tuna capital.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The Spurs are obviously relieved about that.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Staubach relieved him in one of those starts, at San Francisco in the 1972 divisional playoffs, and deserves the credit for Dallas’ 30-28 comeback victory.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The ministry identified the freed captives as Russian citizen Oleg Gret and Ukrainian citizen Yuri Yurov.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The passage of time is cleverly conveyed through a variety of devices, from the sitcoms on Jacki’s TV screen (Cheers gives way to Seinfeld) and the age of the (offstage) dog that Jacki hopes to someday share and raise with a freed Nick.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now the airline’s demise has cleared the way for competitors to raise their prices—and has left roughly seventeen thousand people out of work.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Gateway’s Ethan Antle cleared 14-3¼ for fifth in the pole vault.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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“Disencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbered. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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