liberate
verb (used with object)
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
liberates
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present tense formof liberate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"And then such an extreme event takes place, and in a way, liberates everything -- all the emotions, all the ideas and the passions, all the terrible things."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The shift liberates her holiday shopping, says Nussen, lead lighting designer at Consumer’s Lighting, a company she runs with her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
And even him taking that step sends such a positive message and liberates others to be able to do the same.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
“Sometimes I feel like a little girl — I play, I have fun and I laugh. Onstage, I say everything through rap. It liberates me: When I get a microphone, I’m a different person.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
In the Greek fable, a peasant liberates an eagle from the clutches of a dragon.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
