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liberate
[lib-uh-reyt]
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government.
to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, especially arising from traditional role expectations or bias.
to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas.
Slang., to steal or take over illegally.
The soldiers liberated a consignment of cigarettes.
liberate
/ ˈlɪbəˌreɪt /
verb
to give liberty to; make free
to release (something, esp a gas) from chemical combination during a chemical reaction
to release from occupation or subjugation by a foreign power
to free from social prejudices or injustices
euphemistic, to steal
Other Word Forms
- liberative adjective
- liberatory adjective
- liberator noun
- preliberate verb (used with object)
- reliberate verb (used with object)
- unliberated adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He was working in his grandparents' shop in the capital's Namdaemun market when Korea was liberated from Japanese rule in 1945.
With the Allied victory drawing near, her lawyer was confident that even a guilty verdict would be meaningless, as Senesh would be freed as soon as Budapest was liberated.
The deregulatory agenda, the most significant since President Ronald Reagan’s, has begun to liberate households and businesses from the dictates of Washington’s bureaucracy.
Either way, the typewriter eventually became known as “the machine that liberated the American woman.”
In December 1944 Stein and Toklas returned to a liberated Paris.
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