Miss and Release

Miss

Miss verb - To fail to attend.

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Release and miss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Miss".

Nearby Words: missed, missing

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

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Miss and release are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Miss" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

complete	complete miss	complete release
single	single miss	single release
massive	massive miss	massive release
early	early miss	early release
Other adjectives: major, later, last, earlier.

people	miss people	release people
note	miss note	release note
number	miss number	release number
show	miss show	release show
Other words: episode, time, game, information.

In the original Game & Watch release of Fire, the jumpers who weren't caught by the player were implied to have died; they disappeared after hitting the ground, and the miss icon was a little angel.

Source: Bowdlerise / Video Games
Razzly's (when recruiting her is already easy to miss) requires you to kill the Hydra, refuse to release its offspring, and let her sister die when the dwarves attack.

Source: Video Game / Chrono Cross
Critical reception was hit or miss, but the game was a hit, selling over a million copies on release.

Source: Western Animation / Mickey Mouse

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