All 8 Uses of
liberate
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
- We shall all see the day of liberation.
p. 41.6liberation = 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. 82.8liberated = set free
- "For the liberating army," he cried.
p. 84.3liberating = 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. 115.7liberation = the act of being set free
Definitions:
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(1)
(liberate) to set free -- as from prison, political oppression, persecution, expectations...
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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).