Assert
Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In The Lion King, Scar's Villain Song is punctuated at one point by him backing one of his hyenas into an open fissure in order to assert his dominance over them in his master plan ( which makes his later death at their hands as a result of his exploitation of them all the more ironic).
Source: Make an Example of Them
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Open and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/open
Assert & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/open>.
Open or Assert. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/open.
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