Allow and Halt

Opposite meaning words

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

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Halt is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Halt verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

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Allow is an antonym for halt in stop topic.

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

power	allow power	halt power
movement	allow movement	halt movement
attack	allow attack	halt attack
man	allow man	halt man
Other words: number, death, escape, magic, option.

It can't halt aging, though—the new body has to be created from recently scanned data—and it doesn't allow for immortality as it stops working once a person gets too old.

Source: Video Game / Anarchy Online
Lelouch said that Schniezel's plan would result in all progress grinding to a halt, whereas his own involved binding hate onto the regime to allow people to move more freely into the future.

Source: A Lighter Shade of Grey
The point of the move is that the referee will halt the match and allow both fencers to reassume their stance if one fencer passes the other without scoring, solving the obvious problem that if you miss you're going to end up in a bad position.

Source: Single-Stroke Battle

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