Cease and Open

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Cease

Cease verb - To come to an end.
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Open is an antonym for cease in stop topic.
Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

Open

Open verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony
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Cease is an antonym for open in begin topic.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
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Common collocations

heart cease heart open heart
fire cease fire open fire
show cease show open show
way cease way open way

Both words in one sentence

  • Death by Irony Also, in the Pokemon anime, Big Bad Cyrus gets close to undoing the world and creating his own, Palkia and Dialga open a dimension to start but cease when the heroes break Cyrus' mind control.
    Source: Death by Irony
  • Video Game / Brink Like Chen, he tolerates them as long as the Ark is in a state of open warfare, but promises himself that they'll all be purged from the ranks as soon as hostilities cease.
    Source: Video Game / Brink
  • Duet Bonding Marin teaches Link the hauntingly beautiful Ballad of the Wind Fish, later they go off on an adventure together, and you can't help but think about how Marin is going to cease to exist when you play it to open the Wind Fish's egg.
    Source: Duet Bonding
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