Block and Enable

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Block

Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
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Antonyms for Block
Enable is an antonym for block.
Nearby Words: blocked, blockade, blockage, blockhead, blocking

Enable

Enable verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: a law that would enable the authorities to use wiretaps without obtaining court orders
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Synonyms for Enable
Antonyms for Enable
Block is an antonym for enable in topics: authorize, allow.
Nearby Words: enabled, enabling
Similar words of block

Similar words of enable

Common collocations

ability block ability enable ability
power block power enable power
attack block attack enable attack
people block people enable people
Other words: someone, effects, access, magic, ball, telepathy, attacks, players, powers, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • But things end well, Erwin becomes new leader of the gang, and later they organize a big block party (so to speak, for lack of a better term) to enable Paul's family to return to the house.
    Source: Literature / Die Kinder aus Nr. 67
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Enable or Block. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/enable.

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