Allow and Extend

Allow

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Extend verb - To make longer.

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Allow and extend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Extend".

ability	allow ability	extend ability
power	allow power	extend power
life	allow life	extend life
control	allow control	extend control
Other words: amount, range, time, way, magic, points, powers.

Kingdom Hearts games allow you to string attacks together (abilities let you extend the combos to a preset number), after which you can pull off a finishing move which does extra damage.

Source: Combos
Terraforming - Cyteen had been partially terraformed before the colonists learned that some of the native lifeforms they had been exterminating would allow them to greatly extend human life.

Source: Literature / Alliance/Union
In Self/Less, Albright views shedding as a means to allow great people to extend their time on earth.

Source: Just Think of the Potential

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