End and Launching

End

End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

Launching is an antonym for end.

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Launching

Launching noun - The act of propelling with force.

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

Nearby Words: launch, launched, launcher, launchable

Both words in one sentence

  • Nightmare Fuel / Alton Towers It doesn't end there, of course — you then end up in a crypt with hooded statues before launching backwards out into the dark.
  • Defiant to the End In the Fate of the Jedi series, Lawful Stupid Scrappy Kenth Hamner meets his end trying to stop the Jedi Council from launching their StealthXes.
  • Video Game Cruelty Punishment Similarly, shooting at Space Stations and starships will end with the former launching Space Police forces at you.
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