liberate
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
are liberating
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present progressiveof liberate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But just as some fictions are liberating, others are violent and oppressive when imposed onto marginalized people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
Many Americans think of it as a sweet, somewhat stodgy breakfast, but chefs across the country are liberating porridge from that pigeonhole, looking way beyond oatmeal and coming up with savory, indulgent spins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2018
We are liberating towns out on Long Island.
From Time ● Aug. 23, 2017
He promised a tough law and order response: “We are liberating our towns and we are liberating our cities.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2017
Tutelary angels are represented as pleading for mercy, with eager outstretched arms; other angels, lower down, are liberating the souls of repentant sinners from torment.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
