Open
Open adjective - Affording free passage or access.
Usage example: open drains
Both words in one sentence
- In one case ("The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"), the evil was deliberately sealed in as a boobytrap, to be sprung on the first person to open the metaphorical can.
Source: Creator / Montague Rhodes James - The government stops using sealed orders in Get Smart, because none of the agents are able to break the wax when it's time to open them.
Source: Sealed Orders - Several villains in Buffy the Vampire Slayer want to open the Hellmouth for reasons somewhere between this and worship of the True Demons sealed inside.
Source: To Create a Playground for Evil
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