Quit
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This was mostly due to Brøderbund not marketing the game AT ALL, part of which was probably because Brøderbund's entire marketing staff had quit a month before the game's release.
Source: Acclaimed Flop -
Shortly after the release of the album, Vibeke Stene suddenly decided to quit her musical career in order to focus on family and her work as a teacher.
Source: Music / Tristania -
Jake ultimately quit after the 1987 release of the Randy Rhoads Tribute live album, unable to escape being in Randy's shadow.
Source: Replacement Scrappy
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Release and Quit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/quit/release
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