Preserve
Preserve verb - To keep in good condition.
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
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Ozzik Sturn from The Force Unleashed likes to release creatures into his preserve and hunt them for sport, often Wookies.
Source: Hunting the Most Dangerous Game -
In the international release's title cards, the titles are written in English like in the first four stages, but in a different font, in an effort to preserve the effect.
Source: Video Game / RefleX -
Preserve the environment, or else the plants may get pissed and release a deadly neurotoxin that makes you kill yourself because of the deadly neurotoxin that the plants are releasing into the Enrichment Center air.
Source: Space Whale Aesop
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Release and Preserve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/preserve/release
Preserve & Release. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/preserve/release>.
Release or Preserve. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/preserve/release.
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