Definition of Liberate
Liberate
lib·er·ate
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(verb)
to free someone or something or to release them from control, to grant them liberty, for example to free a person from oppression or some situation where their freedom of thought or behavior is limited, or to free a place from occupation by an enemy;
e.g. The soldiers came into the country to liberate it from its oppressive government.
(verb)
in chemistry and physics, to free something (such as energy or a gas) from a combined state by a chemical reaction such as physical decomposition, and thus to cause the thing to be released;
e.g. These reactions liberate a toxic gas, so they must be performed very carefully.
(verb)
in informal usage, to take something unfairly or illegally, i.e. to steal something;
e.g. She tried to liberate the documents from his desk, but he walked in as she was looking for them.
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