liberate
verb
lib·er·ate
ˈli-bə-ˌrāt 
liberated; liberating
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2
: to free from combination
liberate the gas by adding acid
3
: to take or take over illegally or unjustly
material liberated from a nearby construction site—
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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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Artist and rapper Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, herself formerly incarcerated and commissioned to create a new work for the Rikers women, worked with Ringgold, politicians, artists, philanthropists, and corrections officers to liberate the original painting.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Tragically, Hunt notes, the same global commodity that may have helped liberate British women did the opposite for West Africans, who endured the Middle Passage in ever larger numbers to work as slaves in the Caribbean sugar fields and sweeten English tea.
—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Ukrainian forces liberated the area in November 2022, but the damage suffered during the occupation was extensive.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
The Allies captured Monte Cassino on May 18 and liberated Rome on June 4, 1944.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Tragically, Hunt notes, the same global commodity that may have helped liberate British women did the opposite for West Africans, who endured the Middle Passage in ever larger numbers to work as slaves in the Caribbean sugar fields and sweeten English tea.
—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Ukrainian forces liberated the area in November 2022, but the damage suffered during the occupation was extensive.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
The Allies captured Monte Cassino on May 18 and liberated Rome on June 4, 1944.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for liberate
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“Liberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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