Barred and Release

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Barred adjective - Having stripes.

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Release is an antonym for barred in topics: secure, prohibit.

Nearby Word: barring

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

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Barred is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Burning Rangers is supposedly barred from re-release due to the source code being lost.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Video Games
The 1988 BBC-produced miniseries Game, Set, and Match, starring Ian Holm and based on a series of novels by Len Deighton, has never been officially seen since its initial airing because Deighton so despised it that he's barred any future release.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Live-Action TV
The documentary was screened for a limited time at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002 in order to qualify for consideration for the Academy Awards, but it has been barred from release (perhaps indefinitely) by Disney.

Source: Missing Episode / Film

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