OPENED (UP) Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

opened (up)

verb

past tense of open (up)

as in scooped (out)

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The project had to be unplugged within months — before being widely deployed — when the company behind it collapsed.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
Authorities believe she was taken against her will, and said that blood marks found on the porch of her home matched her DNA, while a security camera had been unplugged.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Definition of unplugged

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Both needed managing by England coach Thomas Tuchel, missing some training sessions and matches, but were able to feature and score in that last game against France.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of needed

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An additional 10% could be freed up if the stock closes at least 30% above the IPO price for five of the ten trading days heading into the report.

— Lora Kolodny,Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 July 2026
After firefighters freed her, paramedics took her to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where she was pronounced dead.

— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

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The women were originally excavated during the late 19th century from within the funerary complex at Dahshur, an ancient Egyptian necropolis featuring some of the oldest, largest, and best preserved pyramids in Giza.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
When Princess Ita’s final resting place was first excavated by French archeologist Jacques de Morgan in the late 1800s, Ita was somewhat of an afterthought, Hashesh says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

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