to liberate
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈlɪbəˌreɪt/
- After years of struggle, the leaders finally managed to liberate their country from colonial rule.
- liberate a country
- newly liberated
- a liberated zone
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Watch on YouTubeThis is just a mission to rescue and liberate the Ukrainians from the Nazis.
- This is just a mission to rescue and liberate the Ukrainians from the Nazis.
- They said we want to liberate the people of the Philippines.
- And it, it, it liberates people to not want to want to have more.
- The High King says you've come to liberate my people from my tyrannical rule.
- Our guys, you know, the Canadians, the Brits there to liberate France.
- And once I trusted her and let Florence live, she really liberated me.
- John McCain and I flew to Kuwait after the war in in in the region to liberate Kuwait.
- The only way they can liberate themselves from the compulsion of their circumstances.
- Well, I liberate myself from the idea of rationality or logic.
- Mantra man means the mind or the heart and TRA trayate means to liberate.
- It is the difference between grasping at an illusion and immersing yourself in reality, and reality is what will liberate and transform you.
Examples
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Tibet will be liberated.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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Our first job is to liberate him.
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We are here to liberate you.
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"Oh, thank you, sir." "We have come to liberate you from the bandits."
Fiction book (1990) -
My camp was liberated by the Resistance.
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They said we want to liberate the people of the Philippines.
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Monte Cassino has been liberated by the Allies.
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With less need to conduct audits, the agency's resources would be liberated to achieve other objectives.
Academic text (2017) -
The King Before liberated our lands... from an evil usurper bent on domination.
Synonyms
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1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
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1.0
To release someone or something that is held
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2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
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1.3
Make a skill, chance, or secret become available
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3.8
Set something free from being held or controlled
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7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
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7.0
To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights
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4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
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6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
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6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
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7.5
To give independence to a country or region that another country controls
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9.9
To free someone from slavery
To free someone from slavery or forced work
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
liberate = liberty (transparent) = liber + ate
Formed from the combining form 'liber-' (free) with the verb-forming suffix '-ate'; learners familiar with 'liberty' or 'liber-' can infer 'to set free'.
Etymology
Liberate comes from the Latin root liber, which means 'free' and is the same root in liberty, so to liberate someone is to 'set them free' from prison, control, or occupation.