liberate
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
had liberated
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past perfectof liberate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian Land Forces said on Sunday that soldiers of the 68th Separate Hunting Brigade had liberated the village of Blahodatne in the Donetsk region.
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2023
However, on 22 May the legion announced it had "liberated" the Russian village of Kozinka, just across the Ukrainian border and to the south-west of Belgorod.
From BBC ● May 23, 2023
Unlike the other members of the Eastern Bloc, Yugoslavia had liberated itself from the Axis without Soviet assistance.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday that the 129th Brigade from his native city of Kryvyi Rih had liberated the settlements of Arkhanhelske and Myrolyubivka.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
I had liberated the sides of the rover and the trailer.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
