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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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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
Clearing missions liberates the different Hyrule regions from Ganondorf's control and earns resources to level up your characters and their weapons.
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PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 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
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
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Inter Miami is paying a $2 million transfer fee to get Ayala, who signed with Portland under the U22 Initiative, which allows clubs to sign lucrative contracts for young prospects at a reduced salary roster cost, which frees up salary cap space.—
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The move most likely frees up Cooper to spend more time with the offense as a whole.—
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This honesty saves everyone time and heartache.—
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The average trip to ALDI is right around 30 minutes, the Price Leadership Report says, leading to 77% of shoppers saying ALDI saves them time.—
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That gas feeds the central black hole, which then releases gentle energy—enough to prevent new stars from forming, but not enough to destroy the galaxy.—
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Take a look at this week’s best new music releases below.—
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Bradford rescues her from that nightmare, and with that, their on-again, off-again romance became the relationship most Rookie fans root for.—
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But then Hopper develops a conscience and rescues the poor kid, but not before Scarface shows up and captures them both.—
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“Liberates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberates. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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