1
as in to free
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 to save
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 liberate
Then, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated on January 27, 1945.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
The action moves from the scarred beach to a quarry where a rock wall is detonated, to liberate mighty boulders of granite that will eventually be placed perpendicular to the shoreline, reaching out into the ocean.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
On May 5, the American 11th Armored Division liberated the camp.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Do what creatively liberates you, don’t cater to the data!
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 6 May 2025
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
The action moves from the scarred beach to a quarry where a rock wall is detonated, to liberate mighty boulders of granite that will eventually be placed perpendicular to the shoreline, reaching out into the ocean.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
On May 5, the American 11th Armored Division liberated the camp.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Do what creatively liberates you, don’t cater to the data!
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for liberate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberate
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Wirtz’s potency in the final third would attract attention and could free up Pep Guardiola’s talented front line.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The men were freed after prosecutors agreed to vacate their convictions in 2014.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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To say that is an insult to the years of painful work my wife has done to save herself.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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America’s millionaires are now mostly on the coasts, in states with expensive real estate and high income jobs that generate more possibilities to save and invest.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
16 May 2025
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This practice involves buzzing next to flowers whose pollen is only released when there is a powerful air current next to their anthers so that pollen can be released to the adjacent female stigmas, facilitating pollination.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
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By the time Popeyes released its sandwich, chicken consumption outstripped that of beef.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 May 2025
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Benning redeemed himself minutes later, threading a blue-line blast through traffic on a late-period power play to tie the game at 2-2, reawakening the Charlotte crowd and shifting momentum back to the home team.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
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Chargers Jim Harbaugh taking a new approach to evaluating Chargers’ rookie talent May 10, 2025 Week 17, HOUSTON, TBD: Herbert can redeem himself against the defense that grabbed four interceptions in the Chargers’ 2024 playoff flop.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Sandra Oh and more, the new Smurfs will follow the residents of Smurf Village banding together to rescue Papa Smurf after he is captured by an evil wizard.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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The Browns may have an opportunity to rescue themselves from a similar abyss.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Fire personnel cut through the wire to extricate the three people from the pipe by 9 a.m.—
Christian Martinez,
Mercury News,
19 May 2025
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What a moment for Julian Reese, swishing two free throws to extricate his team from the tightest spot imaginable.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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Fox taught that the Inner Light emancipates a person from adherence to any creed, ecclesiastical authority or ritual forms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 May 2025
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Juneteenth, which takes place on June 19, marks the day the last of the enslaved Americans learned they had been emancipated.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2025
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These are already evident in executive orders that disengage the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council, remove transgender service members from the military and privilege Christianity.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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There have been trade frictions and sharp divisions, particularly with respect to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the U.S. desire to disengage from Europe as part of a greater strategic shift toward Asia, particularly China, that began during the Obama administration.—
Arancha González Laya,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2025
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“Liberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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