Release and Shutdown

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Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.

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Shutdown and release are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shutdown" instead a noun "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Shutdown noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

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Release and shutdown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Release" instead a noun "Shutdown".

Nearby Words: shut, shutting

Additionally, the final servers for the PS2 note Final Fantasy XI's servers weren't shutdown until March 31st, 2016, sixteen years after the release of the system!

Source: Useful Notes / PlayStation 2
Streamline Pictures later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown.

Source: Anime / Megazone 23
He nearly falls to his death trying to press the manual shutdown button, but falls into a gas vent pipe, shutting down the reactor and preventing the release of radioactive gas by plugging the hole he fell into with his girth.

Source: Going Critical

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