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

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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
The biggest mystery is whether the Heat will make the compromises needed to accommodate James, his family and his team.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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Zarrab, who was born in Iran but was moved to Turkey with his family as a toddler, was initially arrested in 2013 as part of a sweeping anticorruption probe overseen by Turkish law enforcement officials — but he was quickly freed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Khanna said he and his team were ultimately freed after communication between the US Embassy and a high-level official in the Israeli government.

— Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

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Her two youngest children, 5-year-old Raúl and 9-year-old Ximena, wanted to follow in the footsteps of their oldest brother and play soccer.

— PJ Green July 11, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
Every client who wanted to drop the firm, DTLA said in a statement, was free to do so.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

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Genetic analysis also resolved longstanding questions about the Golden Man, whose Scythian burial mound, called a kurgan, dates back to around 400 BC to 300 BC and was excavated in 1969 at a site in Kazakhstan.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
City is made from clay, sand, and rock, all excavated from the innards of the site and reshaped.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

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