Close
Close noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).
Launch
Launch noun - The point at which something begins.
Usage example: we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration
Common collocations
| fire | close fire | launch fire |
| way | close way | launch way |
| game | close game | launch game |
| program | close program | launch program |
| Other words: investigation. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- This includes... The two variants of Iron Nokana: very slow production speed, but fires bursts of 3 piercing shells, and depending on which version of Iron Nokana you use, can either use a flamethrower to quickly demolish units that come too close or launch a large salvo of long-range missiles.
Source: Video Game / Metal Slug Defense -
An Insert: As an in-joke on the series' use of human hands in close-ups, the Thunderbird 1 launch sequence briefly has a puppet hand on a lever instead of a human hand.
Source: Film / Thunderbirds -
If you stun an enemy in God Hand, you can launch a super "Pummel" attack by getting in close and hitting the circle button.
Source: Action Commands
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Launch and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/launch
Close & Launch. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/launch>.
Launch or Close. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/launch.
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