Can and Release

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

Usage example: the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers

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Release and can are semantically related in keep topic. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Can".

Release verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

Usage example: they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology

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Can and release are semantically related in keep topic. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

old	old can	old release
full	full can	full release
special	special can	special release
similar	similar can	similar release
Other adjectives: specific, regular, original, single, actual, new, final, last, different.

That mission was removed prior to release and can be seen (in a pre-viz/animatic form) on the CE Blu-Ray disc, while references to it appear in the LUA files for the game itself.

Source: Dummied Out / Stealth-Based Games
Eventually, Wood convinces Ominor that they should release Orcus, believing that only Orcus has the power to match Ardneh, and believing that they can keep Orcus controlled.

Source: Literature / Empire Of The East
The Treeminders misinterpret his pleas for release as "tests of their faith," and do everything they can to nurture him and keep him safe.

Source: Tortured Monster

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