Release and Throttling

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

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Throttling is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Throttling noun - The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.

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Release is an antonym for throttling in choke topic.

Nearby Words: throttle, throttled

President Whitmore intentionally locks himself in with one of the alien prisoners, like in the "release me" scene, because he recalls they can speak through humans while throttling them.

Source: Film / Independence Day: Resurgence

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