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adjective

Definition of emancipatednext
as in liberated

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emancipated

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verb

past tense of emancipate
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch

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  1. liberated
  2. freed
  3. released
  4. rescued
  5. freeborn
Adjective
  • The images of liberated Syrians are as moving as the images of Germans after the Berlin Wall came down.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • More mass and individual graves, torture chambers and other evidence of atrocities were uncovered in the liberated territories in Kharkiv region.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Once freed, the brothers celebrated while the deer ran on the slippery ice to safety.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Bashar also freed political prisoners and allowed more open discourse.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of freed
Verb
  • His sentencing also takes into account the time already served since his May arrest, meaning he could be released in approximately 12 months, according to his legal team.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To be eligible, films must be released in theaters during calendar 2024, and TV shows must have aired between January 1 and November 1.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of released
Verb
  • He was rescued from a 400-meter-deep ravine in Romania's northern Maramures region, with temperatures plunging to 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Vladislav Duda, 28, was rescued from a mountain ravine in subzero temperatures alongside his months-old kitten Peach.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of rescued
Adjective
  • The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).
    Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Some thralls were born into slavery because both of their parents were enslaved, or a freeborn man who had impregnated their enslaved mother declined to acknowledge the child.
    Neil Price, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2020
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