disencumber
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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
"And you have travelled throughout Europe for upwards of three years to disencumber yourself of �16,000 a year?" said the ambassador, smiling good-naturedly.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Out the Russians sprang, and cut the traces through, and having in this way speedily managed to disencumber their steeds of the dead one, they immediately began the pursuit again.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
The first step was to disencumber her decks of the long range of upper cabins, thus materially increasing her buoyancy as a sea-boat, and diminishing the area exposed to the enemy's shot and shell.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
In this lonely den, Nathan and Roland began straightway to disencumber themselves of arms and provisions, seeming well satisfied with its convenience.
From Nick of the Woods by Bird, Robert M.
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