disencumber
Example Sentences
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Yang’s resignation from the boards of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan should disencumber negotiations around a potential deal for those assets, a positive for the stock.
From Forbes ● Jan. 18, 2012
When he thrust in his snout the crabs attacked him, clung to his bristles and pinched his ears, till he rolled over and over to disencumber himself.
From Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 by Edward Everett Hale
It is not so easily persuaded to disencumber us.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
Ere he could disencumber it I pressed forward upon the landing.
From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Robert Neilson Stephens
But before Daly could disencumber himself of his weapons and costume, Helen entered the hall.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever