Constructing
End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Constructing is an antonym for end.
Both words in one sentence
- At the end of the book, Gene reflects that everyone acts this way, constructing lines of defense against an imagined enemy; only Finny (according to Gene) didn't behave this way.
Source: Literature / A Separate Peace -
Near the end of Fullmetal Alchemist, Father activates the giant transmutation circle he's spent centuries constructing to transmute the souls of all the people in Amestris into a Philosopher's Stone that will allow him to consume God and achieve absolute power.
Source: Dispel Magic
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