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- The plane no one wanted was a giant new plane, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation's B-24 Liberator.†
p. 54.6liberator = someone who sets others free
- Crews called it "the Flying Brick" and "the Constipated Lumberer," a play on Consolidated Liberator.†
p. 54.9 *
- At the end of 1943, the captives had a taste of liberation.†
p. 157.4liberation = the act of being set free
- Fitzgerald stayed with them, unwilling to leave until the last of his men was liberated.†
p. 231.9liberated = set free
- After three and a half years in prison camp, I had been liberated by the great American blonde!†
p. 233.2
- Liberation was a long time coming for Phil at Rokuroshi.†
p. 235.8liberation = the act of being set free
- Once, he'd felt liberated by it, but now it felt forced and joyless.†
p. 254.1liberated = 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) 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).