as in relieves
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 rids
Their body care kit gets to the root of smooth skin with a trio of products including a pre-sluff bar that rids it of lotions and oils, a washable textured mitt that sloughs off dead cells and a eucalyptus-scented body lotion that loads it with hydration while making your bathroom smell like a spa.
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Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Trading out of the first round also rids the 49ers of having a first-round pick with a fifth-year option.
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Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Sleep rids the brain of toxins and affects the lungs and energy.
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Helen Dennis,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
Perhaps because tomato juice is nutritious, packed with vitamins and antioxidants, and the spiciness can induce a sweat, which, as people like to believe, rids the body of poisons.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Trading out of the first round also rids the 49ers of having a first-round pick with a fifth-year option.
—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Sleep rids the brain of toxins and affects the lungs and energy.
—
Helen Dennis,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
Perhaps because tomato juice is nutritious, packed with vitamins and antioxidants, and the spiciness can induce a sweat, which, as people like to believe, rids the body of poisons.
—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rids
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In a doublet, the first earthquake relieves stress on one fault while increasing it on a nearby fault.
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Every $10 donated to Undue Medical Debt relieves an average of $1,000 in medical debt.
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And having a clear narrative throughline frees the audience to, instead of making logistical sense of each shot, really key into the emotional and dramatic beats of the sequence.
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To make things easier, spring for this stylish crossbody bag from Travelon, which frees up your hands while providing plenty of pockets to store your travel essentials.
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This decision clears the way for more than 350,000 people to be stripped of status and expelled, many of them after having used this status over years as the basis to build stable lives all around the country, including here in NYC.
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The ruling, issued Thursday in a consolidated case involving TPS protections for Haiti and Syria, clears the way for the administration to end deportation protections and work permits for more than 350,000 Haitians and thousands of Syrians living in the United States.
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“Rids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rids. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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