Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Blocking
Blocking noun - The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements.
Both words in one sentence
- The game also doesn't allow players to lose from chip damage taken while blocking.
Source: Comeback Mechanic -
Inaho name-drops the Leidenfrost effect when he sees the Argyre Kataphrakt blocking his shots, a valid chemical phenomenon that would allow a Laser Blade to deflect bullets.
Source: Anime / Aldnoah.Zero - Dark Chick Ty Lee uses chi-blocking pressure-point strikes as her signature attacks, which allow her to paralyze people, and/or take away their bending.
Source: The Paralyzer
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