Detain and Release

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Detain

Detain verb - Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
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Release is an antonym for detain in hold topic.
Nearby Words: detention, detainer, detaining

Release

Release verb - Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
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Antonyms for Release
Detain is an antonym for release in topics: set free, let go.
Nearby Words: released, releasing
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Common collocations

people detain people release people
everyone detain everyone release everyone
prisoners detain prisoners release prisoners

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Blue Bloods Furthermore, they'd be allowed to detain Mario Hunt for up to 48 hours before they'd have to release him.
    Source: Series / Blue Bloods
  • Also the case with insurgencies; who when they do take captives, have neither the institutions to put them on trial nor the facilities to detain them, so are left with no choice but to execute or release them back into the regime's forces.
    Source: Leave No Survivors
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