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liberator

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.liberatorliberator - someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
emancipator, manumitter - someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator"
captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animals

liberator
noun deliverer, saviour, rescuer, redeemer, freer, emancipator, manumitter They were the people's liberators.
Translations
liberator [ˈlɪbəreɪtəʳ] Nlibertador(a) m/f
liberator [ˈlɪbəreɪtər] nlibérateur/trice m/f
liberator
nBefreier(in) m(f)
liberator [ˈlɪbəˌreɪtəʳ] nliberatore/trice
liberator [ˈlɪbəˌreɪtəʳ] nliberatore/trice


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This opportunity, therefore, ought not to be allowed to pass for letting Italy at last see her liberator appear.
In every dream of that wonderful future, of a more splendid and triumphant France, he saw himself on the pinnacle of fame, himself acclaimed by millions the strong great man, the liberator.
he, the support, the liberator, the father of the people
 
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