Release and Shotgun

Release

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

Shotgun is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Shotgun

Shotgun noun - Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.

Release is an antonym for shotgun in topics: force, require, compel, take care of, obligate to do something.

Both words in one sentence

  • Short-Range Shotgun 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.
  • Series / Jessica Jones After making the man release his hostages, Kilgrave then starts to make the man blow his own head off with a shotgun.
  • Cool Guns / Shotguns 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.
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