liberate
verb
lib·er·ate
ˈli-bə-ˌrāt 
liberated; liberating
1
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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That was the theater of ecstasy that would liberate him from the body.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Millions remain far from liberated from economic pressure, and few of us feel burdened by an excess of free time.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Change is uncomfortable, but this transit is here to liberate you in unexpected ways.
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—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
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Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Millions remain far from liberated from economic pressure, and few of us feel burdened by an excess of free time.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Change is uncomfortable, but this transit is here to liberate you in unexpected ways.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The Warsaw doctors likewise wrote about patients whose hearts failed after they were fed; when Allied soldiers liberated the concentration camps, large numbers of emaciated people died after being given high-calorie foods such as chocolate.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 2025.
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