Definition of Liberate
Liberate
Lib·er·ate
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To set free from restrictions, oppression, or confinement.
e.g. The activist worked to liberate animals from cruel laboratories.
(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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