| 单词 | liberate |
| 释义 | liberate —liberative, liberatory /lib"euhr euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. —liberator, n. /lib"euh rayt'/, v.t., liberated, liberating. 1. to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage. 2. to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government. 3. to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, esp. arising from traditional role expectations or bias. 4. to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas. 5. Slang. to steal or take over illegally: The soldiers liberated a consignment of cigarettes. [1615-25; < L liberatus (ptp. of liberare to free), equiv. to libera- v. s. + -tus ptp. suffix. See LIBERAL, -ATE1] Syn. 1. deliver, unfetter, disenthrall, loose. See release. Ant. 1. imprison; enthrall. |
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