Release and Tether

Release

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

Tether is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Tether

Tether verb - Tie with a tether.

Release is an antonym for tether in fasten topic.

Nearby Words: tethered, tethering

How words are described

single single release single tether
last last release last tether

Common collocations

soul release soul tether soul
people release people tether people

Both words in one sentence

  • Set a Mook to Kill a Mook Metal Arms: Glitch in the System's Control Tether weapon allows you to possess enemies that you've snuck up on; jam the tether into their data port and you will have full control over them until you release control or move the enemy out of control range.
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Tether and Release. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/release/tether
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