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liberate
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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.

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

liber·ating·ly adv.
liber·ator n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.liberate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities
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.liberateliberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement
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"
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
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"

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

liberate [ˈlɪbəreɪt] vt
[+ city, country] → libérer
[+ hostage, prisoner] → libérer
[+ disadvantaged group] → libérer
to liberate sb from sth → libérer qn de qch

liberate
vt
(= free) prisoner, country, citybefreien; to liberate somebody from somethingjdn von etw befreien
gas etcfreisetzen

liberate [ˈlɪbəˌreɪt] vtliberare
a liberated woman → una donna emancipata
liberate [ˈlɪbəˌreɪt] vtliberare
a liberated woman → una donna emancipata

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
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
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


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