- emancipated, freed, liberated - freed from bondage
Antonym: slave (indirect, via free)
- disentangled, extricated, freed - having become freed from entanglement; disengaged
Antonym: unfree (indirect, via free)
- free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose - grant freedom to; free from confinement
Antonyms: confine, detain
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun free1, noun freeing1
They want to free the prisoners
- rid, free, disembarrass - relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
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Somebody ----s somebody of something
- dislodge, free - remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
--3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- exempt, relieve, free - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
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Somebody ----s somebody PP
- free, release - make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
--5 is one way to issue, supply
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- free, discharge - free from obligations or duties
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun freeing1
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- free, disengage - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
Antonyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- absolve, justify, free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
--8 is one way to forgive
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Somebody ----s somebody of something
- release, relinquish, resign, free, give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
--9 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- unblock, unfreeze, free, release - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
--10 is one way to issue, supply
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Somebody ----s something