Kill
Opening up
Both terms in one sentence
- The rebels then move in for the kill, opening up with the smaller, turreted mass drivers that fire explosive bullets, tearing the enemy to shreds.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Literature -
The Gonarch in Half-Life attempts to escape several times over the course of its fight, opening up paths through multiple chambers for you before you eventually corner and kill it.
Source: "Get Back Here!" Boss -
The (at that point unseen) killer tries to kill the protagonist and the girl he's with by turning up the air pressure on a nail gun that's been left in the prop room of the university's theatre, loading in a 'magazine'-like container full of nails and opening up on them like it's a machine gun.
Source: Nail 'Em
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