Loose and Shut

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Loose

Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
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Shut is an antonym for loose.
Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

Shut

Shut verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
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Antonyms for Shut
Loose is an antonym for shut in close topic.
Nearby Words: shutdown, shutting
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Common collocations

mind loose mind shut mind

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  • Film / Resident Evil The T-Virus broke loose and infected everything within the facility, so when the Queen's timer counts down to zero, all of The Hive's entrances will permanently seal shut.
    Source: Film / Resident Evil
  • When the Big Bad tries to use mind control to convince the heroes that "her world," a series of caves under Narnia, is the only real world, Puddleglum lets loose a huge Shut Up, Hannibal!
    Source: I Reject Your Reality
  • Ancient Horror not only has excellent stats but can keep all the opponent's creatures from attacking, and worse the AI seems to know how to use it and will shut your entire line down if you let it get an Ancient Horror loose for very long, and since it's fairly tough that's rather likely.
    Source: Video Game / Spectromancer
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