liberate
verb /ˈlɪbəreɪt/
/ˈlɪbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they liberate | /ˈlɪbəreɪt/ /ˈlɪbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it liberates | /ˈlɪbəreɪts/ /ˈlɪbəreɪts/ |
| past simple liberated | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle liberated | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form liberating | /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- liberate somebody/something (from somebody/something) to free a country or a person from the control of somebody else
- The city was liberated by the advancing army.
Extra Examples- The people said they had the right to liberate themselves by whatever means necessary.
- Their mission was to liberate the thousands who had been enslaved.
- They were eventually liberated from British rule after a long struggle.
- liberate somebody (from something) to free somebody from something that limits their control over and pleasure in their own life
- Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of everyday life.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin liberat- ‘freed’, from the verb liberare, from liber ‘free’.