LIBERATED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

liberated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of liberated

as in freed

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liberated

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verb

past tense of liberate

as in released

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys

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as in saved

to set free from entanglement or difficulty we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery

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Hungary’s new minister of culture, Zoltán Tarr, shares his vision for fostering freedom of expression in a liberated local art scene. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over. — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

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He was born in western Ukraine and attended a military school in Kharkiv – the city liberated by Ukrainian forces in 2022 after a brutal Russian occupation early in the war. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 This story was discovered in a trove of 263 songs collected by Moisei Beregovsky, a Soviet Jewish ethnomusicologist who recorded Yiddish music from Jews in Ukraine just after they were liberated from the Romanian occupation in 1944. — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for liberated

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The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.

— Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026

Definition of freed

Verb

Styles went on to play two verses and choruses of the song, originally released in 1974, and told the crowd to sing along on the first chorus.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
The studio has released seven titles that have won 10 Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards, with voice talent including Glenn Close, Jennifer Hudson, Ethan Hawke, John Legend, Lupita Nyong’o, Daisy Ridley and Oprah Winfrey.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of released

Verb

Evidence on price caps Researchers found that after two years under the price limit, Oregon saved over $107 million and outpatient prices per procedure fell by 25%.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
Overall, more than 250 million people globally received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, while COVID vaccinations as a whole are estimated to have saved at least 14 million lives in the first year of their rollout alone.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Of those rescued, 114 are Indians, 27 are Chinese, and 20 are from South Korea, the US, Europe and the Gulf, according to a bulletin published by the Nepal Tourism Board.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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