Block
How words are described
| old | old block | old eclipse |
| full | full block | full eclipse |
| special | special block | special eclipse |
| long | long block | long eclipse |
| Other adjectives: normal, regular, original, real, blue, new, extra, next, last, well-timed, timed. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Darkwing attempts to use foreknowledge of an eclipse to terrify the locals by pretending to block out the sun, but the eclipse he's predicting doesn't occur until the day after he makes the threat, and so ends up stalling for 24 hours until his "magic" pays off.
Source: Total Eclipse of the Plot - Also, solar eclipses only completely block out the light in one relatively small area and the light reduction gets less pronounced the further away from the center of the eclipse, but in fiction tend to block out the sun completely wherever they happen to be.
Source: Total Eclipse of the Plot - Darkwing was to be executed by a group of medieval peasants for witchcraft, but was informed that the time of the execution coincided exactly with a solar eclipse and decided to threaten the peasants that he would block the sun if they didn't release him.
Source: Convenient Eclipse
Cite this Source
Eclipse and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/eclipse
Block & Eclipse. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/eclipse>.
Eclipse or Block. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/eclipse.
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