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as in freeing
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 saving
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 liberating
The Ukrainian Armed Forces eventually pushed the Russians out, liberating the site in early April 2022.
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Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
That audience members, by virtue of access to a camera, keyboard, and the Internet, can capture, compile, edit, frame, and package an event as news without any regard to journalistic ethics is liberating and constraining at the same time.
—Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Clearing them out can be liberating and make room for new, realistic goals.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
In December 2025, the Khartiia Corps led a counterattack in the Kupiansk direction, liberating several villages north of the city and pushing to the Oskil River.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
This election is a profound game-changer, not only for the people, but also the arts, liberating all those who were despised, sidelined or silenced by the corrupt regime.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
If everything went right, the OpenAI founders believed, artificial intelligence could usher in a post-scarcity utopia, automating grunt work, curing cancer, and liberating people to enjoy lives of leisure and abundance.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Today the artist, who is of Māori and Scottish descent, sees the irony of her first encounter — liberating the bird from a symbol of the culture that caused its demise.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
The process is prescriptive, but the effect is liberating.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
That audience members, by virtue of access to a camera, keyboard, and the Internet, can capture, compile, edit, frame, and package an event as news without any regard to journalistic ethics is liberating and constraining at the same time.
—Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Clearing them out can be liberating and make room for new, realistic goals.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
In December 2025, the Khartiia Corps led a counterattack in the Kupiansk direction, liberating several villages north of the city and pushing to the Oskil River.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
This election is a profound game-changer, not only for the people, but also the arts, liberating all those who were despised, sidelined or silenced by the corrupt regime.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
If everything went right, the OpenAI founders believed, artificial intelligence could usher in a post-scarcity utopia, automating grunt work, curing cancer, and liberating people to enjoy lives of leisure and abundance.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Today the artist, who is of Māori and Scottish descent, sees the irony of her first encounter — liberating the bird from a symbol of the culture that caused its demise.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
The process is prescriptive, but the effect is liberating.
—Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberating
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Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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In Xbox Mode, the standard Windows UI doesn’t load at all, freeing up additional memory and other system resources for games.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Aether enthusiasts contorted themselves in knots attempting to explain this null result while still saving the notion of the aether itself.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 May 2026
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Patrick Kestler, a gang expert who has been following Jones and Gorman throughout their storied rap careers, analyzing their lyrics, saving their Instagram posts, and even searching through Gorman’s phone after he was arrested last year on suspicion of possessing ammunition as a felon in Stockton.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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One compelling hypothesis is that dark matter particles in the dense central halo are interacting with and annihilating one another, releasing energy as gamma rays.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Valdez’s agency was in damage-control mode this winter, releasing a 20-minute video that focused primarily on the pitcher’s upbringing, painting him in a personable light.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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He was twice awarded the commissioner’s unit citation — for saving the lives of multiple residents during a six-alarm fire in 1998, and for rescuing several people trapped in a bus with severe roof damage in 2013.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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What started out as a drug investigation resulted in Joliet police rescuing several hens, roosters and baby chicks from two men believed to have used some of the animals for fighting, authorities said.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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“Liberating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberating. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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