liberator
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lib·er·ate
(lĭb′ə-rāt′)tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates
1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control.
2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination.
3. Slang To obtain by illegal or stealthy action: tried to sell appliances that were liberated during the riot.
lib′er·at′ing·ly adv.
lib′er·a′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | liberator - someone who releases people from captivity or bondage benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) emancipator, manumitter - someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator" |
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liberator
noun deliverer, saviour, rescuer, redeemer, freer, emancipator, manumitter They were the people's liberators.
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Translations
osvoboditel-ka
befrier
szabadító
frelsari
osloboditeľ
befriare
kurtarankurtarıcı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
liberator
[ˈlɪbəreɪtər] n → libérateur/trice m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
liberator
n → Befreier(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
liberator
[ˈlɪbəˌreɪtəʳ] n → liberatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
liberate
(ˈlibəreit) verb to set free. The prisoners were liberated by the new government.
libeˈration nounˈliberator noun
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