Contain and Release

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Contain

Contain verb - To have within.
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Release is an antonym for contain in topics: control, include.
Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Release

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Usage example: the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration
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Contain is an antonym for release.
Nearby Words: released, releasing
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Common collocations

soul contain soul release soul
energy contain energy release energy
power contain power release power
people contain people release people
Other words: amount, number, material, information, music, blast, version, song, virus, powers, souls, enemies, songs, amounts, monsters.

Both words in one sentence

  • Cool Gate GX that Duel Monsters cards aren't like Pokeballs that contain and release monsters but are actually the gates monsters use to travel between their world and their master's.
    Source: Cool Gate
  • Bitter almonds do not contain cyanides per se, they, just like almost all kernels of prune family fruits, contain compounds called glycosides, which are metabolized to release cyanide.
    Source: If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You
  • Disney / Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch Vanilla Edition: The Blu-ray Disc release of this film does not contain any bonus features, as it was actually the bonus feature for the Blu-ray release of the original Lilo & Stitch film.
    Source: Disney / Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
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