Grasp and Release

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Grasp

Grasp noun - The act or manner of holding.
Usage example: during the roller coaster ride, my date clutched my arm with a deathlike grasp
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Release is an antonym for grasp in topics: understanding, hold, understand, grab.
Nearby Words: grasping, grasped, grasper

Release

Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.
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Grasp is an antonym for release.
Nearby Words: released, releasing
Similar words of grasp

Similar words of release

How words are described

full full grasp full release
actual actual grasp actual release
limited limited grasp limited release
last last grasp last release

Common collocations

power grasp power release power
ball grasp ball release ball
emotions grasp emotions release emotions

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Jeanne d'Arc Thus begins Jeanne's fight to release her country from the grasp of both Englishmen and the army of foul creatures they have somehow recruited.
    Source: Video Game / Jeanne d'Arc
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Release and Grasp. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grasp/release
Grasp & Release. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grasp/release>.
Release or Grasp. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grasp/release.

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Antonyms for release

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