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# liberate

verb (liberate, liberates, liberated, liberating)

«liberate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To set a person, animal, place or country free from control, prison or an enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#m1)
2. To free someone from something that limits them, such as rules or worries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#m2)
3. (science) To release a gas or energy: the reaction liberates heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#m3)
4. (slang, joking) To steal or take something quietly: who liberated my biscuits? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons armies «liberate» towns or countries from an enemy. In science (formal) a chemical reaction can «liberate» gas or heat. In everyday life «liberating» describes a feeling of freedom. Joking slang uses it for taking something that isn't yours. Phrases: liberate from, a liberating feeling.

### Examples

- The soldiers liberated the town and the people cheered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x1)
- We liberated the trapped bird from the netting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x2)
- Finishing my exams felt so liberating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x3)
- Adding acid to the metal liberates hydrogen gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x4)
- The prisoners were liberated at last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x5)
- Someone has liberated my pencil case again! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x6)
- Cutting her long hair short felt liberating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x7)
- The new law liberated workers from very long hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x8)
- The hero succeeded in delivering Theseus, but when he endeavoured to liberate Pirithoeus, the earth shook so violently beneath him that he was compelled to relinquish his task. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: liberated, liberating. Noun: liberation; a person who liberates is a liberator. Adjective: liberating (giving a feeling of freedom). Do not confuse with «liberal» (open-minded) or «deliberate» (on purpose).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «liberate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«liberate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/liberate.html) on Mova free.