End and Launch

End

End noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Launch is an antonym for end in topics: close, conclusion, stop, beginning.

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Launch

Launch noun - The point at which something begins.
Usage example: we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration

End is an antonym for launch in topics: begin, send off.

Nearby Words: launched, launching, launcher, launchable

Common collocations

strike end strike launch strike
career end career launch career
way end way launch way
rebellion end rebellion launch rebellion
Other words: mission, war, plans, sequences, careers.

Both words in one sentence

  • You might launch a Fireball spell at that ravening ghoul... or you might end up healing it instead.
  • Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin once tried to launch a snowball bigger than his body by putting it at one end of a board on a log and jumping on the other end.
  • Video Game / Naev They sabotaged the Sol Hypergate in an attempt to link it to their gate instead so they can launch the invasion right onto Earth, but end up causing the Incident.
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