Allow and Dead end

Opposite meaning terms

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

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Dead end is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Dead end noun - A passage with access only at one end.

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Allow is an antonym for dead end.

In the game of hide and seek, it's possible for one of the children to run into a dead end that a guard won't allow you to enter.

Source: Game-Breaking Bug
Ashley's military career is, up until the events of the game, a dead end because her grandfather surrendered a garrison to aliens during the pre-game First Contact War rather than allow civilians to keep dying.

Source: Dysfunction Junction / Video Games

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