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• n  the act of liberating someone or something
• v  grant freedom to; free from confinement
• v  relieve from
• v  remove or force out from a position
• v  grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
• v  make (information) available for publication
• v  free from obligations or duties
• v  free or remove obstruction from
• v  let off the hook
• v  part with a possession or right
• v  release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• v  make (assets) available

• From the funeral of the Lion of the Senate, to clever beavers freeing deer in Latvia, David Clair sings the week's news.
• Collaborating on core technologies could lead to a huge reduction in some business costs, freeing up money for more innovative investments elsewhere.
• If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and .

• liberation
• release
• free
• liberate
• unloose
• unloosen
• loose
• rid
• disembarrass
• dislodge
• exempt
• relieve
• discharge
• disengage
• absolve
• justify
• relinquish
• resign
• give up
• unblock
• unfreeze

• confine
• lodge
• enforce
• obstruct
• blame
• block
• freeze

News & Articles

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• Pakistan police storm hospital, ending standoff
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that began with a bombing just outside the emergency room and left five dead, officials said.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Attacks in Pakistan's southwest kills 22
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday in a restive southwestern province, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that capped a series of attacks that killed 22 people.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Security forces free hostages after gunmen take over hospital in Pakistan
  Pakistani police stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that began with a bombing just outside the emergency room and left five dead, officials said.
  June 15, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Gerald Ford in CNN International
  I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security,Ford told Woodward.
• Zeev Boim in Wall Street Journal
  The miracle of the resurrection of Christ reverberated in my soul, freeing it from the shadows of a preaching where hate and intolerance toward he who is different, toward he who is condemned as an 'enemy,' prevailed over love and respect for your... Allam http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allam&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH_YQq1N0h0D9ajq_UF98JpbSaHIg USA Today http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-03-23-pope-easter_N.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHNmkHp0xsWMCeHHSJ2WRiJ9E78Vg Mar 23, 2008 39821 51237 freeing No one should be surprised if Hamas will now raise the price for freeing him," Mr. Boim said. "There is some basis to assessments that there is no need to keep Israeli soldiers alive in captivity because Israel will pay a high price even for...