Close and Open up

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Close verb - Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.

Usage example: Close the door

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Open up is an antonym for close in open topic.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Open up verb - Cause to open or to become open.

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Close is an antonym for open up in topics: present, begin, bring up a topic.

Or you could just sprint up close and open up with an assault rifle or (in the second two titles) a light machine gun.

Source: Optional Stealth
Being close to the Dark makes it ache; getting too close causes it to open up again (though it always reheals quickly).

Source: Literature / The Magickers
Also, there's these switches in Launch Base that the player characters destroy that open up new pathways and close others.

Source: Game Breaker / Sonic the Hedgehog

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