Allow and Cripple

Opposite meaning words

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

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Cripple is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Cripple verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

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Allow is an antonym for cripple in topics: progress, disable.

Nearby Words: crippled, crippling

ability	allow ability	cripple ability
power	allow power	cripple power
movement	allow movement	cripple movement
man	allow man	cripple man
Other words: people, characters, world, game, damage, player.

Though Gisela did manage to cripple said demon and prevent it from demanding sacrifices, and years later, would allow Totori to finish the job.

Source: Video Game / Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
At one point Tyrion tells Bran/Theon/Robb to break a yearling horse to the cripple-saddle designed to allow Bran to ride without using his legs.

Source: Automaton Horses
Evil Cripple Baron Maupertuis, who is paralysed from the waist down, has his servants wheel him around on a wheeled frame, moving his legs with cords like a giant puppet to allow him to fence with Sherlock.

Source: Literature / Young Sherlock Holmes

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