Create and Finishing

Opposite meaning words

Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Finishing is an antonym for create.

Finishing noun - A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance).

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Create is an antonym for finishing in topics: consume, defeat, perfect, get done.

Nearby Words: finish, finished, finisher

Well, despite Alvin cancelling the series before finishing episode 9, he did create enough of it to show how Mario gets saved, and Shadow's whereabouts.

Source: Web Animation / Super Mario Bros. Z
Interestingly, even in the goriest game of the series, Mortal Kombat 9, the Story Mode not only doesn't allow finishing moves (since killing people would create quite a few paradoxes with the cutscenes immediately after) but the battle scars that fighters accumulate in the other modes do not appear.

Source: Bloodless Carnage
Ascended Glitch: An exploit in WWE '13 that made it possible to create incredibly overpowered finishing moves was turned into a plot point when Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Proto Man were revealed to have utilized "glitch finishers".

Source: Web Video / Video Game Championship Wrestling

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