Block and Hide

Block

Block verb - Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.

Usage example: The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage

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Hide and block are semantically related in show topic. In some cases you can use "Hide" instead a verb "Block".

Hide verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.

Usage example: she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen

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Block and hide are semantically related in show topic. Sometimes you can use "Block" instead a verb "Hide".

Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

full	full block	full hide
similar	similar block	similar hide
normal	normal block	normal hide
original	original block	original hide
Other adjectives: entire, big, black, secret, former, final, yellow, red.

people	block people	hide people
time	block time	hide time
way	block way	hide way
magic	block magic	hide magic
Other words: pain, powers, weapons, abilities.

This allows Capcom to hide items and secrets on lower paths so that the upper paths block your view — and man, they love to do it.

Source: Behind the Black
Buildings, rubble and walls can block direct-fire weapons, forcing units to go around them or allowing them to hide behind them.

Source: Video Game / Ground Control
One character in an interlude has varying degrees - being able to block psychics, or hide from them, or create a perfect fake front for them to encounter instead.

Source: Literature / Brennus

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