All 8 Uses

liberate
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Night, by Elie Wiesel
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We shall all see the day of liberation.
p. 41.6

liberation = the act of being set free
We decided that, if we were granted our lives until the liberation, we would not stay in Europe a day longer.
p. 51.1 *
It wasn't the first time that false prophets announced to us: peace-in-the-world, the-Red-Cross-negotiating-our-liberation, or other fables ...And often we would believe them ...It was like an injection of morphine.†
p. 80.6
Were the SS really going to leave hundreds of prisoners behind in the infirmaries, pending the arrival of their liberators?†
p. 81.8
They were quite simply liberated by the Russians two days after the evacuation.
p. 82.8

liberated = set free
"For the liberating army," he cried.
p. 84.3

liberating = setting free
Our eyes grew weary of scouring the horizon for the liberating train.
p. 97.3
Three days after the liberation of Buchenwald, I became very ill: some form of poisoning.†
p. 115.7

liberation = the act of being set free

Definitions:

(1) (liberate)
to set free -- as from prison, political oppression, persecution, expectations...
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In chemistry liberate can specifically mean to free something (such as a gas) from a compound through chemical reaction. Even more rarely, liberate is used in a humorous way as a synonym for stealing (taking without permission).