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English verb: liberate | |||
| 1. | liberate (social) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | ||
| Synonyms | emancipate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| 2. | liberate (social) grant freedom to; free from confinement | ||
| Examples | They want to liberate the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bail, bail out, parole, run, unchain, unspell | ||
| Antonyms | detain, confine | ||
| 3. | liberate (social) grant freedom to | ||
| Samples | The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university. | ||
| Synonyms | set free | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, free | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affranchise, decolonise, decolonize, emancipate, enfranchise, manumit | ||
| 4. | liberate (creation) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | ||
| Synonyms | free, release | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring forth, generate | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
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