Modify
Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Nintendo had to recall the UK release of Mario Party 8 and modify specifically that line because of this.
Source: Selective Localisation -
Specifically, Killer the Butcher would have the Gaizok kidnap a bunch of people, modify them into bombs, and then release them back into human society.
Source: Why Am I Ticking? - All they'd have to do is modify rabies or some other disease, release it here, and watch as we tear ourselves apart, without any danger to their part of the world.
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Film
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Release and Modify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/modify/release
Modify & Release. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/modify/release>.
Release or Modify. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/modify/release.
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