Release and Strangle

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Release

Release verb - To find emotional release for.
Usage example: tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails
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Strangle is an antonym for release.
Nearby Words: released, releasing

Strangle

Strangle verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.
Usage example: strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news
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Antonyms for Strangle
Release is an antonym for strangle in choke topic.
Nearby Words: strangling, stranglehold
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Common collocations

people release people strangle people
time release time strangle time
monster release monster strangle monster
enemies release enemies strangle enemies

Both words in one sentence

  • Fanfic / Old West When she struggles, Jake attempts to strangle her, but then Rango points his gun at Jake's head with deadly seriousness and tells him to release Grace.
    Source: Fanfic / Old West
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty In one of the side episodes for the release of Halo 3: ODST, he comments that he began his military career in "Sergeant School" full of "fresh faced sergeants eager to strangle their first recruit." He says he failed his "Drop and Give Me Twenty" test, but ultimately majored in Screaming!
    Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
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