Open and Prise

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Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.

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Prise and open are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prise" instead a verb "Open".

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Prise verb - To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.

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Open and prise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Open" instead a verb "Prise".

Nearby Words: prising, prised

I can feel it, even as we speak, tapping around the edges of my mind, trying to prise me open, to slip it's fingers in.

Source: Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant
They need to prise the computer open, clean it out... and then hook it up to bicycle.

Source: Saw It in a Movie Once
The brainwashing devices in Cypher feature small claws that leap out from the machine and prise your eyelids open, and it's all featured in gruesome closeup.

Source: Eye Scream / Film

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