Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Shotgun
Shotgun noun - Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
Both words in one sentence
-
The SNES release of the original Doom didn't have individual pellets, so the shotgun was more like a sniper rifle - if you were aiming at something it would take the full force of the shot.
Source: Short-Range Shotgun -
After making the man release his hostages, Kilgrave then starts to make the man blow his own head off with a shotgun.
Source: Series / Jessica Jones -
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: the TOZ-34 was meant to be featured in Shadow of Chernobyl, but was Dummied Out from the release in favour of the TOZ-66 Sawed-Off Shotgun.
Source: Cool Guns / Shotguns
Cite this Source
Shotgun and Release. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/shotgun
Release & Shotgun. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/shotgun>.
Shotgun or Release. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/shotgun.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "release" and "shotgun" have occurred on timeline