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Killing Kennedy
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- The experimental Liberator bomber in which he is flying explodes over England on August 12, 1944.†
p. 31.3 *liberator = someone who sets others free
- In fact, ever since that epic moment in 1898 when Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charged up San Juan Hill to liberate Cuba from Spain, the Cuban-U.S. relationship was mostly peaceful, free of tension, and, in a word, easy.†
p. 46.8liberate = set free
Definitions:
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(liberate) to set free -- as from prison, political oppression, persecution, expectations...
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(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).