Allow and Curb

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Usage example: flash photography is not allowed inside the church

Curb is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Curb

Curb verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Allow is an antonym for curb in repress topic.

Nearby Words: curbed, curbing

Common collocations

violence allow violence curb violence
power allow power curb power
use allow use curb use
access allow access curb access
Other words: anyone, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Digimon Xros Wars The Code Crowns then allow Taiki to Digixros Shoutmon and the rest of the good Digimon into Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode, which then promptly curb-stomps Bagramon.
  • Western Animation / Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Curb-Stomp Battle: Iron Man takes on Ultron to allow the kids to get away and he doesn't last too long before Ultron overpowers him.
  • This is a clever way to allow a low level player to defeat enemies which otherwise would curb stomp the PC in one blow.
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