liberate

liberate someone or something from someone or something

to free someone or something from someone or something; to set someone or something free from the control of someone or something. The police hoped to liberate the child from his kidnappers. We liberated the town from the enemy. I liberated the cat from the trap.

liberate

tv. to steal something. (Originally military.) We liberated a few reams of paper and a box of pens.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mauricio	mow-REE-thyo (Spanish), mow-REE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Cohen	KO-ən	English
Barbour	['ba:bə]
Forbes	-	Scottish
Tegan	-	Welsh
Vivian	['viviən]