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   lib·er·ate

   /ˈlibəˌrāt/

   verb

   • 1. set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment or slavery, in which their liberty is severely restricted: "the serfs had been liberated"
   • ▪ free (a country, city, or people) from enemy occupation: "twelve months earlier Paris had been liberated"
   • ▪ release (someone) from a state or situation that limits freedom of thought or behavior: "the use of computers can liberate students from the constraints of disabilities"
   • ▪ free (someone) from rigid social conventions, especially those concerned with accepted sexual roles: "ways of working politically that liberate women"
   • ▪ steal (something): "the drummer's wearing a beret he's liberated from Lord knows where"
   • ▪ release (gas, energy, etc.) as a result of chemical reaction or physical decomposition: "energy liberated by the annihilation of matter"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin liberat- ‘freed’, from the verb liberare, from liber ‘free’.

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   The meaning of LIBERATE is to set at liberty : free; specifically : to free (something, such as a country) from domination by a foreign power. How to use liberate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Liberate.

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   LIBERATE definition: 1. to help someone or something to be free: 2. to steal something: 3. to help someone or…. Learn more.

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   Liberate is a powerful verb he verb that has been an important part of the history of the United States. In the Revolutionary War we fought to liberate ourselves from Great Britain, and the Civil War was fought in part to liberate the Southern slaves.

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   Definition of liberate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, especially arising from traditional role expectations or bias. to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas. Slang. to steal or take over illegally: The soldiers liberated a consignment of cigarettes. liberate. / ˈlɪbəˌreɪt / verb.

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   LIBERATE meaning: 1. to help someone or something to be free: 2. to steal something: 3. to help someone or…. Learn more.

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   To liberate a place or the people in it means to free them from the political or military control of another country, area, or group of people.

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   1. to give liberty to; make free. 2. (Chemistry) to release (something, esp a gas) from chemical combination during a chemical reaction. 3. (Military) to release from occupation or subjugation by a foreign power. 4. to free from social prejudices or injustices. 5. euphemistic or facetious to steal. ˈliberˌator n.

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    Liberate definition: To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control.

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    to help someone or something to be free: Troops liberated the city. liberation. noun [ U ] uk / ˌlɪb ə rˈeɪʃ ə n / us. the invasion and liberation of France. (Definition of liberate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of liberate. in Chinese (Traditional) 解放，使自由, 偷竊，偷盜… See more.