Closing and Opener

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Closing noun - The last part of a process or action.

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Opener is an antonym for closing.

Nearby Words: close, closed, closure, closer

Opener noun - A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans).

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Closing is an antonym for opener in topics: beginning, first public appearance.

Nearby Words: open, opening, opened

Bookends: The opener, "Queenswave", and the closing track, "Riders of the First Ark", are tied together by guest vocalist Chris Cote.

Source: Music / Queen of the Wave
As early films presented nearly all of their credits within a lengthy establishing sequence opener, the films often finished with "The End", leaving no closing credits.

Source: Trailers
In the two-part opener of series 4, he heroically sacrifices himself by stepping into the veil between the worlds and thus closing the rift that is causing deadly spirits to roam the earth.

Source: Back for the Dead

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