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as in released
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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as in saved
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 liberated
Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
Very permissive, very liberated, radical, allowed to follow any impulse, no matter how strange.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Why would Cuellar, now liberated from the indictment, want to hitch himself to a sinking party?
—Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Following openers Chanel Beads and The Japanese House, the New Zealand singer delivered a liberated 90-minute set fueled by her breathy, conversational vocals and raw, unpredictable movements.
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Allied armies had broken out of Normandy, liberated Paris, and pushed toward Germany.
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The freed people were forced out of Mercer County.—
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Over 150 of the freed prisoners were deported to Egypt.—
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The church released a statement about the incident on Wednesday night.—
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Photographs were released on Wednesday showing Good in professional portraits and with her family.—
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Her mother, Lyons, believes that vaccination may have been what saved her life.—
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His experiments are saved by Henrich Harlander (Christoph Waltz), a wealthy benefactor who funds Victor's work.—
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When he was rescued, the hiker showed signs of hypothermia.—
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Intense flash flooding in towns like Wrightwood and Phelan in recent weeks caused devastating mudslides and washed-out roads, forcing people to be rescued by helicopter.—
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“Liberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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