Finish
Finish verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Usage example: we'll finish the concert before dark
Open
Open verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Toward the end of his fight with Pain, Naruto uses two of his shadow clones to throw himself at Pain's Deva body in order to strike him with the Rasengan fast enough to catch him while he was open and finish him off.
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You gotta fire the Railway Cannon one final time into Red Eye's open mouth to prevent this and finish it off.
Source: Videogame / Lost Planet -
Family-Unfriendly Death: Snape's death scene, with Voldemort slashing Snape's throat open with Sectumsempra then having Nagini finish him, with blood splattering on the walls.
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