DISENTHRALLED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

disenthralled

verb

variants also disenthraled

past tense of disenthrall

as in freed

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society

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Castellanos traveled to Houston to meet her husband after learning he would be freed.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Trouble is on the horizon though as an explosion on one of his oil rigs has freed a killer ice floe, setting loose tsunamis, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives and heading directly for Europe.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of freed

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We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of liberated

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Four people were rescued and one person remained missing Wednesday night after the crash of a medevac helicopter off Catalina Island, authorities said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Video released Wednesday morning captured the moments when a Kansas City Police Department detective and a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of rescued

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Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Porsche is best known for its traditional sports cars like the 911, but the automaker has released several longroofs over the years, including, over the last decade, variants of the Panamera and Taycan.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of released

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Live Healthy Chicago aims to turn 130/80 and 1,000 into a movement transforming a silent epidemic into a celebration of lives saved.

— Garth Walker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
It's already been tried out on 22 aircraft in Lufthansa Group's own Boeing 777 fleet, where it is reported to have saved up to 19 tonnes of fuel per day.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of saved

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Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.

— Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026

Definition of emancipated

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Glambert rescued the tribute—the only singer who didn’t look one tiny bit nervous tackling this songbook, peacocking in a black-leather cape, and his confidence loosened everyone up onstage.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Teen-pregnancy rates have dropped dramatically, women have far more educational and professional opportunities, and social norms that stigmatized childlessness have loosened.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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