Closing and Tear

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

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Tear is an antonym for closing.

Nearby Words: close, closed, closure, closer

Tear noun - A long deep cut.

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Closing is an antonym for tear in rip topic.

Nearby Words: tearful, tearing, teary, teardrop, tearless

Caesar shedding a tear when he remembers Koba shooting him could be a reference to the closing shot of Battle, in which the statue of Caesar sheds a tear.

Source: Film / Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
She's in southern Russia filming a tear-jerker in the waning days of the Russian Civil War, as the Bolsheviks are closing in on the Crimea.

Source: Film / Slave of Love
It wasn't so much to keep people in and out of certain areas (though that's inevitably what they do...to Samus), but rather to prevent wear and tear from constantly opening and closing.

Source: Force-Field Door

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