Allow and Hurt

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

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Hurt is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.

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Allow is an antonym for hurt in experience pain topic.

Nearby Words: hurtful, hurting

man	allow man	hurt man
people	allow people	hurt people
children	allow children	hurt children
time	allow time	hurt time
Other words: way, characters, game, anyone, player, women, players.

When Aang is hurt so badly that he's put into a coma, his friends purposely allow the world (especially the Fire Nation) to think that The Hero is dead.

Source: Death Faked for You
In fighting games, it is used to punish blocking opponents, but some games have mechanics that allow them to cancel the grab move and save themselves a world of hurt.

Source: Grapple Move
On bosses, this does no extra damage, although it does allow to hurt the final boss with the buster.

Source: The Worf Barrage

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