How to Use liberate in a Sentence

liberate

verb
Definition of liberatenext
Synonyms for liberatenext
  • Rebels fought to liberate the country.
  • Soldiers liberated the hostages from their captors.
  • He was using materials that he had liberated from a construction site.
  • Laptop computers could liberate workers from their desks.
  • The big guns had helped liberate two villages the day before, Yevhen said.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Auschwitz was liberated in 1945, but the camp’s site was preserved as a reminder of the tragedy.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The three dancers evoke the ties that bind and liberate us, from danger and seduction to love and wisdom.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Still, hearing your story at the right time could liberate your peers.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • That month, Tsunami had liberated just under a mile of Ukraine, but at the cost of 15 lives and many injuries.
    — Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Anyone outside Ukraine who wants to liberate a pet from the misery of war has to pay about 200 euros and pick it up.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The story of a slave who was kidnapped at 13 and liberated at 25, the year after Leonardo was born.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
  • After the initial push of the 37th, other brigades helped liberate the four villages.
    — Samantha Schmidt and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • There's something liberating about the truth, that this is what's happening to me right now.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 June 2023
  • More than half fled before the Russians took over; many came back once Bucha was liberated.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • So far, only five hostages of Hamas have been liberated.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Then, near the 9th, a bit of outside-the-box thinking will liberate you from boring routines and solutions.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 May 2023
  • After gaining their freedom, many served in the Union Army and fought to liberate others who were still enslaved.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 18 June 2023
  • Air assault units in Ukraine’s 10th Corps then moved in, but have been unable to liberate any other villages.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And then, to liberate our territories, from the Chernihiv region to the Kharkiv region to the Kherson region.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Yet in a strange way his writing was liberated by the disappearance of hope.
    — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Most crypto buyers in recent years aren’t in it to liberate the world from the prying eyes of government.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In November, Dmytro and Roman were among the first soldiers to enter the city of Kherson as it was liberated.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • But that’s just the show—and the Roy children, sans the truly free and liberated Connor (Alan Ruck)–influencing its own audience with their own little game.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Men's Health, 29 May 2023
  • Starting with a 15-gram sample of red mud, the process reduced this to 8.8 grams, as lots of the oxygen in the material was liberated in the form of water.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, this is likely a thought to induce horror in the mind of the modern foodie—but the idea of not being faced with so many choices seems liberating.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There is something freeing and liberating in having the confidence to stand in your own truth.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Ukraine’s armed forces surprised many last year after managing to not only hold back the Russians, but liberate some parts of Ukraine.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But while paranoia and despair run deep, the dark comedy also trades in a self-aware sense of humor that can be liberating.
    — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Taco John’s, a regional chain, has responded to Taco Bell’s effort to liberate the phrase so that anyone can use it.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 26 June 2023
  • News of her departure from Capitol comes in the wake of recent public support to liberate her from Capitol.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023

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