Release and Slowed

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

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Slowed is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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Release is an antonym for slowed in delay topic.

Nearby Words: slow, slowing

Since this mechanic slowed investigations to a crawl, it became a default ability in the Updated Re-release on the Vita.

Source: You Have Researched Breathing
Originally this was ten game minutes for every five real-time seconds (120:1 time compression) but it was slowed down after the Chucklefish pre-release stream due to widespread complaints about the pace being too rushed.

Source: Videogame / Stardew Valley
A novel titled Invader (can't remember the author) had humanity's astronomers spot the massive energy release as the invasion fleet slowed from near-lightspeed, so the world's governments funded the construction of a massive gamma-ray emitter.

Source: Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion

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