To expel or let go.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To release (an accumulated charge).
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
The process of flowing out.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The process of unloading something.
To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.