Allow and Confront

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Confront and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Confront" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Confront verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.

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Allow and confront are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Confront".

man	allow man	confront man
people	allow people	confront people
death	allow death	confront death
possibility	allow possibility	confront possibility
Other words: time, way, characters, player.

In The Prayer Warriors, Stalin's last words are "But I was only trying to help," after the Prayer Warriors confront him over his deciding to allow freedom of religion (while it might seem like a Pet the Dog moment, it's treated as his Moral Event Horizon).

Source: Unwanted Assistance
Then, you can exhaust her to draw a card, and if she's with at least three friends, she readies automatically, which can allow some extra power in a faceoff or even just confront a problem.

Source: Game Breaker / My Little Pony Collectible Card Game
In The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Bruce Banner has just completed a machine that will allow him to confront the Devil Hulk, a pure evil version of the Hulk.

Source: Badass Boast / Video Games

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