liberated
Britishadjective
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given liberty; freed; released
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released from occupation or subjugation by a foreign power
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(esp in feminist theory) not bound by traditional sexual and social roles
Example Sentences
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Now liberated, it is the gateway for freed Ukrainian prisoners of war heading home.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Though they could have survived the Holocaust by remaining in Palestine, they instead chose to travel through the Sinai Desert and then to a liberated airfield in Italy before departing on their mission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Sarwar has said he feels "liberated" by the position he has taken and has retracted nothing.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Milan marked that day by naming a prominent square in the city’s center April 25 Plaza for the day the uprising that liberated Milan began.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
When the camp had been liberated in 1945, Gitl weighed only seventy-three pounds because she had insisted on sharing her rations with the children.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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