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"release" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often emission (8 letters).
Definitions
Set free or make available.
Word origin
From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).
Used in a sentence
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”
“The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.”
“They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Let go”7 letters
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