Release and Tangle

Release

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

Tangle is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Tangle

Tangle verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.

Release is an antonym for tangle in knot topic.

Nearby Words: tangled, tangling, tangly

How words are described

old old release old tangle
similar similar release similar tangle
initial initial release initial tangle
legal legal release legal tangle

Common collocations

amount release amount tangle amount

Both words in one sentence

  • Evil Is Not a Toy: In The Tangle Box, Horris Kew and Biggar release the Gorse from its prison, and it enslaves them with the intent to send them down the Box when they are no longer useful.
  • In Terry Brooks' The Tangle Box, Horris Kew and Biggar release the Gorse from its prison, and it enslaves them with the intent to send them down the Box when they are no longer useful.
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