Released
Sacrificed and released are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrificed" instead a verb "Released".
Sacrificed
Released and sacrificed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Released" instead a verb "Sacrificed".
Both words in one sentence
- Sacrificed the X-Men (at the time) with their permission to lock away the entity he had released, after it wreaked havoc in Dallas.
Source: Characters / X-Men: '80s Members -
She unwittingly released the Necromorphs, and sacrificed herself to stop the Sprawl reactor from going critical.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space 2 -
In 1874, New York World reporter Edmund Spencer released an article about an allegedly-carnivorous tree from Madagascar, to which a native tribe sacrificed women in exchange for a narcotic nectar.
Source: When Trees Attack
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Sacrificed and Released. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/released/sacrificed
Released & Sacrificed. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/released/sacrificed>.
Sacrificed or Released. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/released/sacrificed.
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