Block
Block verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
Usage example: one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle
Clear
Clear verb - To rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way.
Usage example: the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Nitemare 3D required you to push blocks and tombstones around occasionally to clear a path... or block one.
Source: Block Puzzle - Repeat until one player can't clear the garbage block within the two-second grace period.
Source: Comeback Mechanic -
With the Zendikar block, it's clear that Merfolk aren't going to fade anytime soon.
Source: Atlantis Is Boring
Cite this Source
Clear and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/clear
Block & Clear. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/clear>.
Clear or Block. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/clear.
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