1
as in frees
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 saves
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 liberates
This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense.
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Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberates
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Letting go of the urge to justify decisions frees up time, sharpens focus and models decisiveness.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Advocates say Guard support frees federal agents to focus on core enforcement tasks.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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This multimodal integration not only saves manual labor but improves the accuracy and defensibility of benchmarking outcomes, particularly important for transfer pricing in complicated, multi-jurisdictional settings.—
Chidambaram Bhat,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lukas Weese Shot of the day Jannik Sinner saves a break point with a flick of the wrists and a sharp angle.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Of course, that might change if Google releases Project Mariner for the masses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its online map displays readouts from people’s at-home sensors, better reflecting if a nearby traffic jam or mail truck is spiking fumes, a neighbor starts burning trash, or a local factory releases a smoke plume.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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The bar also partners with Wags and Walks, a non-profit organization that rescues and adopts dogs in need.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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What rescues the film from tedium are the characterizations, which are well-drawn even under the briefest circumstances.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Liberates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberates. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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