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.
See also: liberate

liberate

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Apolinaryah-paw-lee-NAH-riPolish
Aina (3)ah-ee-nah Japanese
Taavet-Estonian
Zareen-Persian
Kalynakah-LI-nahUkrainian (Rare)
Hinrik-Icelandic