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liberate

/ˈlɪbəreɪt/verb

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मुक्त करना, आज़ाद करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb/sth (from sb/sth)

    to free a person, a place or a group from control or imprisonment

    मुक्त करना, आज़ाद करना

    • The army liberated the city.
    • Education liberates the mind from fear.
    • Soldiers liberated the village from the invaders.
    + 3 more examples
    • The law liberated thousands of workers from unfair debts.
    • Reading can liberate you from narrow thinking.
    • The zoo liberated the injured eagle back into the wild.

    Synonyms free release emancipate

    Opposite enslave imprison oppress

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

liberate + person / place

Liberate someone or a place means to set them free from control, rule or prison.

किसी व्यक्ति या स्थान को 'liberate' करने का अर्थ उसे शासन, नियंत्रण या कैद से मुक्त कराना है।

  • The army liberated the town from the rebels.
  • The prisoners were liberated at dawn.

liberate sb from sth

From names what the person is freed of: poverty, fear, slavery, a duty.

'From' से वह चीज़ बताई जाती है जिससे मुक्ति मिलती है: गरीबी, भय, दासता, कर्तव्य।

  • Education can liberate people from poverty.
  • The new law liberated women from old restrictions.

feel liberated / be liberated

Feel liberated describes a feeling of freedom, often after leaving a limit behind.

'Feel liberated' स्वतंत्रता की अनुभूति बताता है, प्रायः किसी बंधन को छोड़ने के बाद।

  • She felt liberated after finishing the board exams.
  • I felt liberated when I moved to a new city.

liberation / liberator

Liberation is the noun for freeing. A liberator is the person who frees others.

'Liberation' मुक्त कराने की क्रिया का noun है; 'liberator' मुक्ति दिलाने वाला व्यक्ति है।

  • Goa celebrates its liberation in December.
  • The people hailed him as their liberator.
+Collocations 5

liberate + noun

a countrya cityprisonersslaveshostagesthe mind

  • The soldiers liberated the hostages.

adverb + liberate

finallyfullytrulypeacefullyforciblysuddenly

  • The village was finally liberated after months.

liberate + from

from slaveryfrom povertyfrom fearfrom traditionfrom rule

  • Reading liberates the mind from fear.

liberation + noun

movementstrugglearmywardaytheology

  • The liberation struggle lasted many years.

feel + adjective

feel liberatedfeel freefeel relievedfeel lighter

  • I felt liberated when the exams ended.
“More examples 5
  • India was liberated from foreign rule in 1947.

भारत 1947 में विदेशी शासन से मुक्त हुआ।

  • Radhika felt liberated after she left her old job.

पुरानी नौकरी छोड़ने के बाद राधिका ने स्वयं को मुक्त महसूस किया।

  • Technology has liberated people from many household chores.

तकनीक ने लोगों को घर के कई कामों से मुक्त कर दिया है।

  • The city was liberated by the allied forces.

नगर को मित्र सेनाओं ने मुक्त कराया।

  • Education liberates a person from ignorance.

शिक्षा व्यक्ति को अज्ञान से मुक्त करती है।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The army liberated the town of the rebels.

✓ The army liberated the town from the rebels.

Liberate takes from, not of.

'Liberate' के बाद 'from' आता है, 'of' नहीं।

✗ She felt very liberate after the exam.

✓ She felt very liberated after the exam.

The adjective is liberated.

विशेषण 'liberated' है, 'liberate' नहीं।

✗ India got its liberate in 1947.

✓ India got its liberation in 1947.

A noun is needed after its; liberate is a verb.

'Its' के बाद noun चाहिए; 'liberate' क्रिया है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These verbs all mean making free, but they apply to different kinds of control.

ये क्रियाएँ मुक्त करने का भाव देती हैं, पर अलग प्रकार के नियंत्रण पर लागू होती हैं।

liberate

To free a place or group from control or imprisonment.

किसी स्थान या समूह को नियंत्रण या कैद से मुक्त कराना।

  • Troops liberated the city.

release

To let go a person, an animal or a thing that was held.

रोके गए व्यक्ति, पशु या वस्तु को छोड़ देना।

  • They released the bird.

free

The simple word for setting someone loose.

किसी को छोड़ देने के लिए सरल शब्द।

  • Free the hostages.
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