Release and Shotguns

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

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Shotguns is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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

In fact, prior to release, sawed off shotguns can actually be wielded by the player, as seen in Project Beast, this was replaced by Hunter Blunderbus however.

Source: Sawed-Off Shotgun
Shotguns would usually release a cloud of little round pellets, but with very few exceptions, any other guns would fire whole cartridges.

Source: Cartridges in Flight

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