liberate
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
have liberated
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present perfectof liberate.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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Kyiv's troops have liberated 49 square km near Bakhmut since the start of the three-month-old counteroffensive, Maliar said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
Advances in food processing, coupled with a century of economic growth, have liberated almost 35 hours a week, and a full 30 percent of our incomes, to spend on something else.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
“There are some settlements that we have liberated through our actions, but these were the fights of a tactical level,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Surely you could have liberated a chocolate yoghurt?
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2021
The men say that the Youns have liberated Cambodia and saved us all from the murderous Pol Pot.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
