liberates

verb

present tense third-person singular of liberate
1
as in frees
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys

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2
as in saves
to set free from entanglement or difficulty we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery

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Recent Examples of liberates This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense. — Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025 The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Nuclear fusion, like in the Sun, liberates 630 trillion joules for each kilogram of hydrogen fuel. — Big Think, 16 Feb. 2026 Clearing missions liberates the different Hyrule regions from Ganondorf's control and earns resources to level up your characters and their weapons. — PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025 Harvard’s research confirms that AI liberates managers from coordination and relay tasks, freeing them for judgment, contextual intelligence, and human connection that no system can replicate. — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026 In addition to sparing readers a confrontation with the luminous now of the Notification Center, Cash also liberates the Flynns from the always-too-late pop-culture references that constrain many internet novels. — Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole. — Kara Frame, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberates
  1. frees
  2. saves
  3. releases
  4. rescues
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  • Few things help beat the heat more than a strapless neckline, which frees up your underarms from being trapped in a hot T-shirt.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • The proclamation frees up additional state resources and personnel for response and recovery operations and can facilitate requests for state and federal disaster relief.
    — Brenden Moore, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of frees
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  • Chapman’s saves streak was the third longest in Red Sox history since saves became an official statistic in 1969.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Snag major saves on Apple, Yeti, Casper and more before the deals disappear for good.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of saves
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  • Small intestine The stomach gradually releases partially digested food into the small intestine.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of releases
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  • One of the properties is owned by Kim Thomas and her husband, who run a private foundation that rescues horses, and the other is owned by the Stinchcombs family.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • After a handsome pediatrician named Steve (McConaughey) rescues Mary from oncoming traffic, the pair hit it off over the course of one impossibly romantic evening— only for Mary to discover that Steve is actually Fran's fiancé.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
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