End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Materialize is an antonym for end.
Materialize
Materialize verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize
End is an antonym for materialize.
Common collocations
| way | end way | materialize way |
Both words in one sentence
- At the end of Predator 2, Harrigan kills the Predator, only to immediately face several more Predators that materialize in front of him.
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Apparently, Porthos was going to re-materialize at the very end of the film, but it was cut for time, alas.
Source: Gadgeteer Genius -
In Half-Life if you refuse the G-Man's offer at the end of the game, you materialize in the middle of a Vortigaunt building with an endless number of enemies...and no weapons.
Source: Hopeless Boss Fight
Cite this Source
Materialize and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/materialize
End & Materialize. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/materialize>.
Materialize or End. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/materialize.
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