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set free

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Verb1.set free - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
liberate
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"


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The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Our author tells us in this book, as he has told us in others, more especially in The World Set Free, and as he has been telling us this year in his War and the Future, that if mankind goes on with war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
I have done with our performances forever; and I wish to be set free from everything which might accidentally connect me with them in the future.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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