as in freed
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
I cannot wait to be shut of this social obligation
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Adjective
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Start a free trial now to start watching some of the best soccer players in the world hit the pitch.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025 -
Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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An album that presents itself as stark and liberated feels too much like a product of creative compromise.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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Their wildly liberated sound, which mixes punk and dembow and rap, doesn’t sound like anyone else out there.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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“Shut (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20%28of%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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