Released Release Rɪˈliːs Extra Examples Make Hostages Police

• to release a prisoner
• the hostages were released unharmed.
• he was released without charge after questioning by police.
• you will be released on bail and a date for your hearing will be set.

release

Verb Forms

1. to let somebody come out of a place where they have been kept or stuck and unable to leave or move
• to release a prisoner
• The hostages were released unharmed.
• He was released without charge after questioning by police.
• You will be released on bail and a date for your hearing will be set.
• to release somebody from prison/jail/hospital
• Firefighters took two hours to release the driver from the wreckage.
• He was later released from police custody.
• Death released him from his suffering.

Extra Examples

• He was released on his own recognizance and could face up to four years in jail.
• She was released from prison last week.
• It's been three years since he was released from prison.
• Several people charged with minor crimes were released without trial.
• She was released immediately when the soldiers realized their mistake.
• She was released on bail by the New York police.
• The government is insisting that the men are released unconditionally.
• The kidnappers have agreed to release the hostages by 12 noon.
• They were interrogated before being released.
2. to stop holding something or stop it from being held so that it can move, fly, fall, etc. freely
• SYNONYM let go
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• He refused to release her arm.
• Intense heat is released in the reaction.
• 10 000 balloons were released at the ceremony.
• The chemical reaction releases energy in the form of light.
• the need to limit the amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere
• The birds were cleaned and fed and released again into the wild.

Extra Examples

• How much radiation was released into the air?
• The compound slowly releases iron into the bloodstream.
• The dam suddenly released millions of gallons of water.
• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.
• the gases that are released from aerosols
3. to express feelings such as anger or worry in order to get rid of them
• She burst into tears, releasing all her pent-up emotions.
• She laughed, the tension inside her suddenly released.
4. to remove something from a fixed position, allowing something else to move or function
• to release the clutch/handbrake/switch
• Now release the clutch and move away from the kerb.
5. to make information available to the public
• to release a statement/report/document/poll/study
• to release figures/results/information/data
• Police have released no further details about the accident.
• The suspect's name has not been released to the public.
• The newly released files reveal the extent of his involvement in the scandal.

Extra Examples

• Details of the attack have not yet been released to the public.
• Figures to be officially released this week reveal that long-term unemployment is still rising.
• Police have refused to release the name of the dead man.
• The committee is expected to release its findings this summer.
• The organization has released a report drawing attention to the appalling conditions.
• The actual poll was not released to the media.
6. to make a film, recording or other product available to the public
• He's planning to release a solo album.
• to release a film/video
• They've released a new version of the original film.
• There have been a lot of new products released onto the market.
• The series has just recently been released on DVD.

Extra Examples

• They have finally released their debut album.
• The album was originally released in 1974.
• The book has not yet been released in paperback.
• The film was never released theatrically in the US.
• The new version is expected to be released shortly.
• newly released recordings
• When was the film first released?
7. to make something available that had previously been limited
• The new building programme will go ahead as soon as the government releases the funds.
8. to free somebody from a duty, responsibility, contract, etc.
• The club is releasing some of its older players.
• The new law released employers from their obligation to recognize unions.
9. to make something less tight
• You need to release the tension in these shoulder muscles.
• to release a catch/a screw/a nut/the clutch/the brakes

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French reles (noun), relesser (verb), from Latin relaxare ‘stretch out again, slacken’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + laxus ‘lax, loose’.