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release
Synonyms and Antonyms of release
- We had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property.
- a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term
broadside, brochure, circular, flyer (also flier), fly sheet, handbill, handout
bill, billboard, placard, playbill, poster, show bill, sign
broadcast, cablecast, newscast, telecast
advertising, billing, blurb, come-on, commercial, message, pitch, plugola, spot, word
communication, dispatch, report
annunciation, declaration, edict, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement
ballyhoo, boost, buildup, campaign, plug, promo, promotion, propaganda, publicity
- Only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine.
release
Synonyms and Antonyms of release
- The losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration.
let go
- Gail tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails.
give way (to)
- Release the prisoners immediately!
discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
turn loose
- The new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise.
cut loose
- an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room
- The panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets.
beat the drum (for or about), run with
- They released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology.
send packing, show the door (one)
Synonym Discussion of release
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- freed the animals from their cages
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- released his anger on a punching bag
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- liberated their country from the tyrant
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- labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery
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- the document manumitted the slaves
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