| 单词 | liberator |
| 释义 | liberator (once / 3973 pages) n A liberator is someone who sets people free from captivity. Abolitionists were liberators who fought to free African-American slaves from bondage in the years before the Civil War. Both liberator and liberty derive from the Latin liberare meaning "to set free." A liberator is someone who provides liberty, or freedom, to people held captive or repressed. At the end of the Holocaust, allied forces entered Germany and Poland, acting as liberators for millions of Jews held in concentration camps during World War II. WORD FAMILYliberator: liberators+/liberate: liberated, liberates, liberating, liberation, liberator/liberation: liberations/libertarian: libertarianism, libertarians/liberty: liberate, libertarian, liberties USAGE EXAMPLESIf dance and music were central to Mali’s freedom, Sidibe was the people’s liberator. Time(Dec 30, 2016) Then, lo and behold, every bearded man in the neighborhood trooped through wanting a shave before the liberators arrived! Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) Say what you want about Fidel Castro, in Africa he was a liberator. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) n someone who releases people from captivity or bondage Ant|Hypo|Hyper captor, capturer a person who captures and holds people or animals emancipator, manumitter someone who frees others from bondage benefactor, helper a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) |
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