liberating
adjective
[ ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ ]
• freeing a place or people from enemy occupation.
• "the majestic entrance of the liberating army"
liberate
verb
• set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.
• "the serfs had been liberated"
Similar:
set free,
free,
release,
let out,
let go,
discharge,
set/let loose,
deliver,
save,
rescue,
extricate,
unshackle,
unfetter,
unchain,
untie,
unmanacle,
unbind,
unyoke,
emancipate,
enfranchise,
give rights to,
ransom,
manumit,
disenthral,
• release (gas, energy, etc.) as a result of chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
• "the energy liberated by the annihilation of matter is huge"
• steal (something).
• "the drummer's wearing a beret he's liberated from Lord knows where"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin liberat- ‘freed’, from the verb liberare, from liber ‘free’.
