Release and Snatching

Release

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

Snatching is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Snatching

Snatching noun - An instance of theft.
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Synonyms for Snatching

Release is an antonym for snatching in grab away topic.

Nearby Words: snatch, snatched

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Edna & Harvey: The Breakout Another one also coincides when in the final flashback, as Alfred mocks Edna while snatching her toy, Harvey, Edna screams to release him and on par with Harvey's suggestion, pushes Alfred down the stairs and making Edna realize in horror that SHE killed Alfred.
  • Robin Cook's Invasion had the Replicant Snatching aliens thwarted by the release of a rhinovirus, AKA the common cold.
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