LIBERATES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

liberates

verb

present tense third-person singular of liberate

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 Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole. —

Kara Frame, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026 Nuclear fusion, like in the Sun, liberates 630 trillion joules for each kilogram of hydrogen fuel. —

Big Think, 16 Feb. 2026 In addition to sparing readers a confrontation with the luminous now of the Notification Center, Cash also liberates the Flynns from the always-too-late pop-culture references that constrain many internet novels. —

Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 Clearing missions liberates the different Hyrule regions from Ganondorf's control and earns resources to level up your characters and their weapons. —

PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025 The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms. —

Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense. —

Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025

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But for occasional rice preparation, the stovetop method works perfectly well — and frees up valuable counter and cabinet space.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
That frees up the conversation surrounding optimal deployment of the big outscorers.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026