liberate

lib·er·ate  (lb-rt)

tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates

1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control.

2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination.

3. Slang To obtain by illegal or stealthy action: tried to sell appliances that were liberated during the riot.

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[Latin lberre, lbert-, from lber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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liber·ating·ly adv.

liber·ator n.

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liberate [ˈlɪbəˌreɪt]

vb (tr)

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

liberator  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	liberate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities emancipate change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	2.	liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement free, loose, unloose, unloosen, release unspell - release from a spell unchain - make free bail - release after a security has been paid run - set animals loose to graze bail out - free on bail parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
	3.	liberate - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" set free discharge, free - free from obligations or duties affranchise, enfranchise - grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" manumit, emancipate - free from slavery or servitude decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
	4.	liberate - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition release, free chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

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liberate

verb free, release, rescue, save, deliver, discharge, redeem, let out, set free, let loose, untie, emancipate, unchain, unbind, manumit How committed is the leadership to liberating its people from poverty?
jail, detain, imprison, lock up, confine, put away, intern, incarcerate, immure

Translations

liberate [ˈlɪbəreɪt] VT (= free) → liberar, libertar (from de) [+ prisoner, slave] → poner en libertad; [+ gas etc] → dejar escapar

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liberate [ˈlɪbəreɪt] vt

[+ city, country] → libérer

[+ hostage, prisoner] → libérer

[+ disadvantaged group] → libérer
to liberate sb from sth → libérer qn de qch

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liberate

vt

(= free) prisoner, country, city → befreien; to liberate somebody from something → jdn von etw befreien

gas etc → freisetzen

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liberate [ˈlɪbəˌreɪt] vt → liberare
a liberated woman → una donna emancipata

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liberate [ˈlɪbəˌreɪt] vt → liberare
a liberated woman → una donna emancipata

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liberate

v liberate [ˈlibəreit]

to set free The prisoners were liberated by the new government. bevry يُحَرِّر освобождавам osvobodit befri freilassen ελευθερώνω liberar, poner en libertad vabastama آزاد کردن vapauttaa libérer לְשַחרֵר मुक्त करना osloboditi felszabadít membebaskan frelsa liberare 自由にする 자유롭게 하다 išvaduoti, paleisti atbrīvot membebaskan vrijlaten, bevrijden sette fri, befri wyzwolić libertar a eli­bera освобождать oslobodiť osvoboditi osloboditi befria ปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ serbest bırakmak 解放, 釋放 звільняти, визволяти آزاد کرنا giải phóng 使获自由

n libeˈration

bevryding تَحْرير освобождение osvobození befrielse die Befreiung απελευθέρωση liberación vabastamine آزادسازی vapautus libération שִׁיחרוּר मुक्ति oslobođenje megszabadítás pembebasan frelsun liberazione 解放 해방 iš(si)vadavimas atbrīvošana pembebasan vrijlating, bevrijding befrielse, frigjøring wyzwolenie libertação eliberare освобождение oslobodenie osvoboditev oslobađanje befrielse การปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ serbest bırakma 解放 звільнення, визволення آزادی việc giải phóng dân tộc 解放

n liberator

bevryer مُحَرِّر освободител osvoboditel, -ka befrier der Befreier ελευθερωτής libertador vabastaja آزاد کننده vapauttaja libérateur/-trice מְשַחרֵר परिमोचक osloboditelj (fel)szabadító pembebas frelsari liberatore, liberatrice 解放者 해방[]하는 사람 išvaduotojas atbrīvotājs pembebas bevrijder befrier wyzwoliciel libertador eliberator освободитель osloboditeľ, -ka osvoboditelj oslobodilac befriare บุคคลที่ปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ kurtaran, kurtarıcı 解放者 визволитель آزاد کرانے والا người giải phóng 解放者