liberate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lib·er·ate AW [liberate liberates liberated liberating] BrE [ˈlɪbəreɪt] NAmE [ˈlɪbəreɪt] verb
1. ~ sb/sth (from sb/sth) to free a country or a person from the control of sb else
•The city was liberated by the advancing army.
2. ~ sb (from sth) to free sb from sth that restricts their enjoyment of life
•Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of everyday life.
Derived Words: ↑liberation ▪ ↑liberator
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Latin liberat- ‘freed’, from the verb liberare, from liber ‘free’.

Example Bank:
•The people said they had the right to liberate themselves by whatever means necessary.
•Their mission was to liberate the thousands who had been enslaved.
•They were eventually liberated from British rule after a long struggle.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  release, free, set free, unloose, unloosen, loose, emancipate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  confine, detain