vt.

1. 解放，使获自由[（+from）]
   Liberate all the prisoners.

   把囚犯全部放走。

   Allied armies liberated France from the Nazis.

   盟军把法国从纳粹手里解放了出来。

2. 【化】释放
   liberate a gas

   释放气体

3. 【俚】（尤指战时）劫掠；偷
   three liberated pianos

   三架偷来的钢琴

v.

1. set free, especially from imprisonment or oppression.
   ▸ [as adj. liberated] free from social conventions, especially with regard to sexual roles.
2. Chemistry  & Physics  release (gas, energy, etc.) as a result of chemical reaction or physical decomposition.