Liberate



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解释

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• v.释放, 解放
• ［类］ 反义词: incarcerate ( 监禁) ; fetter ( 束缚)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin liberatus, past participle of liberare, from liber
• Date: circa 1623
• 1. to set at liberty ; free; specifically to free (as a country) from domination by a foreign power
• 2. to free from combination <liberate the gas by adding acid>
• 3. to take or take over illegally or unjustly <material liberated from a nearby construction site — Thorne Dreyer>
• Synonyms: see free
• ? liberator noun
• ? liberatory adjective

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