Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Strikes
Both words in one sentence
- The Empire Strikes Back suffered it, but only in the 1997 Special Edition re-release (and only the theatrical version).
Source: Lull Destruction - The first Star Wars film was originally known as just that; the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope was inserted into prints for the 1981 re-release (the first after The Empire Strikes Back).
Source: Retronym -
Subverted by the release of his comeback album Reg Strikes Back, which flopped for reasons unrelated to this.
Source: Music / Elton John
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Strikes and Release. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/strikes
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