Delay and Release

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Delay verb - To move or act slowly.

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Release is an antonym for delay in cause stop in action topic.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

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

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Delay is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

live	live delay	live release
old	old delay	old release
similar	similar delay	similar release
initial	initial delay	initial release
Other adjectives: actual, massive, partial, eventual, available, digital.

The delay of the DVD release of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is one of the strangest stories in the industry.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Rescued
Ironically, this was part of the reason The Film of the Book got a huge delay slapped on its shortly-after-9/11 release date.

Source: Overreacting Airport Security
This made many fans angry because while the Wii U version was finished in time for the original release date, Microsoft's licensing policy forbids games from coming out on other platforms before they do on Xbox, necessitating the delay even on Wii U.

Source: Release Date Change

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