disenthralled

verb

variants also disenthraled
past tense of disenthrall
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenthralled
  1. freed
  2. liberated
  3. rescued
  4. released
  5. saved
  6. emancipated
  7. loosened
Verb
  • As in the case of the Oxy offer, following the completion of the transaction Aeffe would be freed from its debt but substantially deprived of assets.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • Now imagine that space freed up for a designer to rethink the motherboard or allocate more room to other components, such as a bigger battery.
    — John Burek, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • When the United States invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Twain naively imagined that the country would be liberated and turned into a republic.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • For years, Hezbollah claimed its arms had liberated Lebanese land.
    — Hussain Abdul-Hussain, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Six adults and a child were rescued from the water, but three children recovered from the lake after an intensive search were unresponsive to exhaustive lifesaving measures administered as soon as they were found, police said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Three children died and seven other people were rescued after a recreational boat capsized on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin during a fast-moving severe storm on July 3, authorities said.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of rescued
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Fire Department’s hazardous material team also tested for ammonia, which is used in refrigeration, and hydrogen fluoride, a toxic chemical that could be released by burning lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • In a new report released Wednesday, the university highlighted higher than average earnings, accelerated social mobility and declining student debt for its graduates.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of released
Verb
  • The technology is estimated to have saved an average of 190,000 lives each year between 2019-2021 as temperatures soared, according to the International Energy Agency.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • None of this generated the kind of headlines that a remote surgery possibly would have, but the reality has undoubtedly saved the lives of countless people.
    — Mariam Sorond, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of saved
Verb
  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
  • The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power.
    — Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
Definition of emancipated
Verb
  • Plus, the straps can be tightened or loosened to your liking.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • The ruling is the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions that have loosened campaign finance restrictions, overturning a 2001 precedent that upheld the spending limits.
    — Michel Martin, NPR, 1 July 2026
Definition of loosened
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