Block
Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Cloak
Cloak verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old block | old cloak |
| high | high block | high cloak |
| full | full block | full cloak |
| special | special block | special cloak |
| Other adjectives: long, similar, normal, perfect, regular, large, big, huge, blue, white, final, giant, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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She warns Jesse that she will be unable to block out other people's thoughts, as all her concentration is required for the "psychic cloak" and asks him to think happy thoughts.
Source: Series / Mutant X - In Star Trek: Nemesis, the Scimitar pulls this on the Enterprise by following under cloak, waiting until the Enterprise enters a nebula which will block outbound communications, then shooting until the Enterprise drops to impulse.
Source: Hyperspeed Ambush - It turns out to be Charlotte DuCaral, a neighbour who wears the cloak, along with zinc oxide sun block and red lipstick, who was in the woods brooding over her lost love, who had promised to elope with her years before but didn't arrive.
Source: Actually Not a Vampire
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