To release from servitude or unjust rule.
To release from chemical bonds or solutions.
To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
To release from slavery: to manumit.
To release from restraint or inhibition.
To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
To invest in something long term.
To stop moving; to seize.
To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.
To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).
To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.
To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.
To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.
To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.
To cease responding; to freeze.