Close and Ripped

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Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Ripped is an antonym for close.

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

Ripped adjective - Being under the influence of a recreational drug.

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Close is an antonym for ripped in tear topic.

Nearby Words: rip, ripping, ripper

Becker's left arm gets ripped off in Max Payne 3 when one of his own grenades explode in close proximity.

Source: An Arm and a Leg
In U571, a submarine is within close range of a destroyer and manages to survive long enough to dive without getting ripped to shreds.

Source: Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
After joining his college's water polo team in mid-2015, however, he began to get in drastically better shape, and in some of his last videos he looked close to being ripped.

Source: Music / 3Pac

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