as in relieving
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
worked two jobs to rid himself of debt
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Recent Examples of ridding
An inevitable part of lawn maintenance, ridding your space of weeds often takes hours to do and requires bending, straining, and stretching in less-than-ideal positions to get the job done.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Many prayed and called for ridding themselves of the divisive, violent rhetoric of the past week.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
After seeing how her husband was ridding Buddah of all the mud in his fur, Treasure couldn't resist capturing a video and sharing it on TikTok (@treasuregrill).
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
But simultaneously preserving Patagonia’s independence and ridding the Chouinard and his family of their wealth would necessitate a creative approach to the handling of the company’s equity.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
As of June, Sam's Club was 96% of the way to its goal of ridding its food of artificial colors and other ingredients.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
This filtration system ensures that your floors are getting their most thorough clean, while also ridding your space of irritants like dust that can cause allergy flare-ups.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
As in earlier days, each side dreams of ridding itself of the other.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Working alongside newer officers Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear), Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed), and Jim Corrigan (James Darren), Hooker dedicates himself to ridding the streets of Los Angeles of dangerous criminals, one collar at a time.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Many prayed and called for ridding themselves of the divisive, violent rhetoric of the past week.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
After seeing how her husband was ridding Buddah of all the mud in his fur, Treasure couldn't resist capturing a video and sharing it on TikTok (@treasuregrill).
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
But simultaneously preserving Patagonia’s independence and ridding the Chouinard and his family of their wealth would necessitate a creative approach to the handling of the company’s equity.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
As of June, Sam's Club was 96% of the way to its goal of ridding its food of artificial colors and other ingredients.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
This filtration system ensures that your floors are getting their most thorough clean, while also ridding your space of irritants like dust that can cause allergy flare-ups.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
As in earlier days, each side dreams of ridding itself of the other.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Working alongside newer officers Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear), Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed), and Jim Corrigan (James Darren), Hooker dedicates himself to ridding the streets of Los Angeles of dangerous criminals, one collar at a time.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridding
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Perhaps a dog barks too much, a cat roams through the yard, or pets are relieving themselves in unwanted areas.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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After, guests sip nonalcoholic stress-relieving tonics together, with ingredients like ashwagandha, at the adjacent bar.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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But the main action involved Norman Reedus’ Daryl sneaking into El Alcazar and killing pretty much everyone there of any villainous importance, while also freeing Roberto’s girlfriend Justina (Candela Saitta).—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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Vladimir Lenin believed that such families were a prison for women, and his revolutionary comrades—among them, his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya; his mistress Inessa Armand; and his ally Alexandra Kollontai—were assigned the task of freeing them from it.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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With the postgame handshakes delivered and the field gradually clearing, Rising and Brady Smigiel meet near the 45-yard line and embrace.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The first step for Palestinians is clearing the rubble, and then getting supplies needed for reconstruction, says NPR's Greg Myre, who is in Tel Aviv.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Ridding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridding. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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