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
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar says Kyiv’s forces have liberated a total of eight settlements in the course of two weeks on the Berdyansk and Melitopol axes of their counteroffensive in the country’s southeast.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Ukrainian forces have liberated Kherson, which means many soldiers from the city and nearby villages can finally visit their homes and see relatives for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
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
