LIBERATES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

liberates

verb

present tense third-person singular of liberate

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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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 It’s long ceased to be a neighborhood that puts on airs, an attitude that liberates us all tonight. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Treatment doesn’t diminish human potential, but often liberates it. — Rachel Docekal, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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 Nuclear fusion, like in the Sun, liberates 630 trillion joules for each kilogram of hydrogen fuel. — Big Think, 16 Feb. 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 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 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

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Automating the flood response is precisely what frees human analysts to ask the larger questions.

— Carlos Morales, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Accounting software automates much of the work, reduces mistakes, and frees up your time to focus on growing your business.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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While uptight Elinor excels at hiding her feelings for the similarly taciturn Edward, Marianne goes wild (nearly feral, really) when new neighbor Willoughby saves her from physical injury (literally sweeping her off her feet and a wincing ankle).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
These missions are clearly well-intentioned, and every skimmer removed saves families from being deprived of food.

— Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of saves

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And behind Vision’s back, Ultron ominously releases a carrier pigeon, sending a message to a mystery recipient.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Mazal Group and the Weingartens and Odeds have denied wrongdoing, and the settlement releases them from future liability for the allegations in the case.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

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Some anti-immigration activists have targeted the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a 200-year-old volunteer force that rescues people in distress at sea, because it is often called out to meet the migrant boats.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
As Christian Science teaches, fear and danger are no more than mesmeric beliefs, from which Christ, the spiritual idea of God, rescues us.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2026

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