Compressed
Compressed adjective - Pressed tightly together.
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Compressed is an antonym for release.
Both words in one sentence
- Ben Folds' 2008 album Way to Normal was so badly compressed in its initial release that fans complained and the studio actually reversed course.
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Compressed Adaptation: The Atari 2600 version was limited to only having three screens due to its limited memory, resulting in a Video Game Multipack release of Volume 2.
Source: Video Game / Miner 2049er - Updated Re Release: The Disneyland version of the ride was changed in 2009 to have Disney and Pixar characters added into the different scenes of the ride, and also had the Rainforest scene compressed into a corner of another room and replaced with a U.S. scene.
Source: Ride / It's a Small World
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