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In literature, the word "disencumber" has been employed to evoke a sense of liberation from a burdensome presence. For example, in Harriet A. Jacobs' narrative, the term is dramatised to signify the removal of a metaphorical plague, suggesting a sweeping, almost elemental relief from hardship [1]. In contrast, Benito Pérez Galdós’ usage, drawing from Spanish roots as seen in "desembarazar", emphasizes the act of relieving or unburdening in a more straightforward manner [2]. Together, these examples illustrate how "disencumber" functions both as a metaphor for transformative cleansing and as a direct, liberating act within diverse literary contexts.
  1. I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague.
    — from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs
  2. desembarazar t disencumber, relieve.
    — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

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