Release and Send up

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

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Send up is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Send up verb - To copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of.

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Release is an antonym for send up in topics: hold, repress, confine, enclose, incarcerate.

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Send up and Release. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/send_up

Release & Send up. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/send_up>.

Send up or Release. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/send_up.

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