Press and Release

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Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Release is an antonym for press in push on with force topic.

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

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

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Press is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

old	old press	old release
single	single press	single release
actual	actual press	actual release
new	new press	new release
Other adjectives: early, major, general, final, international, western, brazilian.

The Time Crisis series has many moments where you must press or release the pedal to avoid losing a life to an environmental hazard, such as hooks hanging over a cargo elevator, machinery in a factory, a falling tree, or signal posts alongside a train.

Source: Press X to Not Die aka: Quick Time Event
When trying this on a fixed-line phone, tradition requires you to press and release the switch in the phone cradle rapidly and repeatedly.

Source: Fake Static
Boring But Dino-Sweet: The power of your beams quickly diminishes with sustained use, but recharges quickly, so firing in tiny bursts as fast as you can press and release the mouse button is a useful strategy, but it means cutting your MIGHTY ROOOAAAAAR short.

Source: Video Game / Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar

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