liberate
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
has liberated
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present perfectof liberate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian soldiers held up yellow-and-blue national flags in a video circulated on social media, in which they said they were inside Piatykhatky, the eighth southeastern village that Kyiv says it has liberated.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
She says Kherson has a bigger problem with mines than any of the other cities Ukraine has liberated from the Russians because it had been under occupation for the longest period of time.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Ukraine says that it has liberated one village after another in the northeast as it pushes a counteroffensive whose success has surprised many.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
A woman who raised funds for an all-terrain wheelchair, so she could access the Peak District home she loves so much, says it has liberated her.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2022
Accident has liberated us from trammels that still fetter you.
From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper
