Release and Start up

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

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Start up and release are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start up" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Start up verb - Get going or set in motion.

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Release and start up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Release" instead a verb "Start up".

However, not long after release, this feature was disabled as it made server start up after maintenance take too long.

Source: Nominal Importance
Where all five of the previous novels ended the main plot, Half-Blood Prince's ending builds up to an emotional release but simply prepares the reader for Deathly Hallows to start up at a much faster pace.

Source: Literature / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
So Will can turn a static spark into a lightning storm but can't use it if she can't start up the spark (like if she's wet) and Taranee can turn a small amount of her body heat/other heat released into a giant fireball but can't make one if she's too cold to release a little bit.

Source: Elemental Baggage

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