Opening
Opening noun - A place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing.
Usage example: an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside
Seal
Seal noun - Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It'll give up and leave after a while, clearing the path to the omnitool you need to progress, but there's nothing stopping you from unlocking the seal and opening the door early.
Source: Video Game / SOMA -
A package being delivered, and the subsequent search for the seal, takes the place of the opening sequence in the first episode of Seven of Seven.
Source: Personal Seals -
Spoofed in Kamen Rider Fourze at the opening: Fourze turns invisible with the Stealth Switch, but he really didn't need to do a hand seal to do it.
Source: Hand Seals
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