Allow and Stop

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

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Stop is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Allow is an antonym for stop in prevent topic.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

attack	allow attack	stop attack
man	allow man	stop man
people	allow people	stop people
death	allow death	stop death
Other words: time, characters, world, game, anyone, players.

When Eiji Asuka and Anna Stephanie finally manage to kiss at the end of the Blue Comet SPT Layzner Hallmark 2000 OAV, it's after quite the sequence where everyone rushes to meet Eiji after his return from his and Layzner's last battle, then they stop and allow Anna to take the lead.

Source: The Big Damn Kiss aka: Big Damn Kiss
Said person is Kaho, but she simply extends her hand to grab Sakura's own and allow her to stop a bit more safely.

Source: Too Fast to Stop
When the Mane Six put a stop to this, she vowed revenge - a petty one at that as she obtained a time travel spell and modified it to allow her to alter the past, using it to stop the Sonic Rainboom.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Western Animation

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