liberate

libérer

Délivrer quelqu’un de la prison, d’une domination injuste ou de restrictions à sa liberté de vivre ou de penser.

En anglais simple : To free someone from unfair control, prison, or limits on how they can live or think.

• The army liberated the town.
• They fought to liberate people from slavery.
• She felt liberated from the need to please everyone.

Comment l'utiliser : liberate someone/something from something (The campaign helped liberate workers from unfair restrictions.)

Synonymes : free, release, set free

Contraires : enslave, oppress

Expressions courantes : liberate someone from, liberate a country, liberate yourself

libérer, dégager

Faire sortir une substance ou de l’énergie par une réaction chimique ou la décomposition d’une matière.

En anglais simple : To release a substance or energy through a chemical reaction or the breaking down of material.

• The reaction liberates heat.
• Heating the compound liberated oxygen.
• This process can liberate gas from the liquid.

Comment l'utiliser : liberate something from something (The reaction liberates hydrogen from the compound.)

Synonymes : release, give off

Expressions courantes : liberate oxygen, liberate heat, liberate a gas

piquer, voler

Prendre le bien de quelqu’un sans permission, souvent dit pour plaisanter.

En anglais simple : To take someone else’s property without permission, often said as a joke.

• He liberated a biscuit from my plate.
• Someone had liberated the wine from the cupboard.
• The soldiers liberated supplies from an abandoned warehouse.

Comment l'utiliser : liberate something from something (She liberated a pen from the office supply cupboard.)

Synonymes : steal, take, loot

Expressions courantes : liberate something from, liberate some beer