Launch
Open up
Open up verb - Cause to open or to become open.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The RT-23 Molodets/SS-24 "Scalpel" missile trains were disguised as freight trains, but the roofs could open up to allow the nuclear missiles to launch.
Source: Cool Train - If you can open up his defenses, you gain a second option: fly your craft right into him and detonate the Red Mercury before he can launch it.
Source: Video Game / Warhawk - Also, there's these switches in Launch Base that the player characters destroy that open up new pathways and close others.
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