1
as in released
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys
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as in saved
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery
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Recent Examples of liberated
Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Very permissive, very liberated, radical, allowed to follow any impulse, no matter how strange.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
And that liberated me, absolutely liberated me.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Coming to terms with colonial-era collaboration would pose one of the most vexing challenges in a liberated Korea.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Very permissive, very liberated, radical, allowed to follow any impulse, no matter how strange.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Steve Buckley argues that Maye has liberated the Patriots from their past with that scintillating win over the Bills on Sunday.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
And that liberated me, absolutely liberated me.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberated
Verb
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Rhamondre Stevenson continues to run hard, freed (for now) from the demons that followed his fumbling issues early in the season.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Under his leadership, the project freed 40 innocent people from prison, including former NFL player Brian Banks.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Recently, Overbey saved money stocking up on organic chocolate bars and sparkling waters while shopping on an overstock site.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Later in the first round Baltimore drafted Lamar Jackson, the sort of generational talent who very likely would have saved Grier’s job.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their name has not yet been released by officials.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Plans for a fourth film, set to be released in 2011, never crystallized.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tricia Mpisi, a South African influencer who attended an early screening of Wicked in 2024, detailed how Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande rescued her from an unfortunate incident in which a glass of champagne spilled all over her.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Mitzi was one of 26 dogs and puppies who were rescued from a backyard breeder.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Liberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberated. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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