Dismiss and Release

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Dismiss

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

Usage example: the secretary was dismissed after it was discovered that she was stealing office supplies

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Release is a synonym for dismiss in keep topic. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Dismiss", when it comes to topics like free, let go, send away.

Nearby Words: dismissed, dismissal, dismissive, dismissing, dismission

Release

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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Dismiss is a synonym for release in keep topic. You can use "Dismiss" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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Common collocations

people	dismiss people	release people
series	dismiss series	release series
army	dismiss army	release army
show	dismiss show	release show
Other words: information, curse, everyone, games.

Both words in one sentence

Since his family's been kidnapped by someone demanding the release of the person convicted of the student's death and he's clearly distraught, the police dismiss his confession out of hand.

Source: Sarcastic Confession
European critics, on the other hand, dismiss him as a Hollywood sellout and "the French Michael Bay", maker of Lowest Common Denominator action movies like the Taxi series that never see release in America.

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