liberate
verb
lib·er·ate
ˈli-bə-ˌrāt 
liberated; liberating
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: to free from combination
liberate the gas by adding acid
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: to take or take over illegally or unjustly
material liberated from a nearby construction site—
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Examples of liberate in a Sentence
Rebels fought to liberate the country.
Soldiers liberated the hostages from their captors.
Laptop computers could liberate workers from their desks.
He was using materials that he had liberated from a construction site.
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Families of four or even five could thrive on one income, which meant kids were liberated from hovering psychic burdens like work and the draft and could concentrate on being children for a little bit longer than previous generations.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
Milley’s counterpart in Kyiv declared that peace talks could begin only after all Ukraine’s territory had been liberated.
—Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024
What was never beaten out of her was an innate sense of liberty—the knowledge, self-evident to her, that God intended for her to be liberated from bondage, spiritually as well as literally.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Her mother, Liliane, was a Holocaust survivor who had been liberated from the camps 18 months before her daughter was born.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 June 2024
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
Milley’s counterpart in Kyiv declared that peace talks could begin only after all Ukraine’s territory had been liberated.
—Simon Shuster/bürgenstock, TIME, 25 June 2024
What was never beaten out of her was an innate sense of liberty—the knowledge, self-evident to her, that God intended for her to be liberated from bondage, spiritually as well as literally.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Her mother, Liliane, was a Holocaust survivor who had been liberated from the camps 18 months before her daughter was born.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 June 2024
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“Liberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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