Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Generating is an antonym for close.
Generating
Both words in one sentence
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Bob's experimenting with unusual fractals comes dangerously close to generating a Dho-Nha function, and summoning an Eldritch Abomination to destroy Wolverhampton.
Source: Literature / The Laundry Series -
While his accomplishments were not even close to the remainder of those on the list here, he has been one of the most polarizing and meme-generating players in the modern NFL.
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On close inspection she seems to emit a diffuse white light from her (shiny, white) skin, essentially making her a self-generating, in-universe Gaussian Girl.
Source: Western Animation / WALLE
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