Block
Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old block | old siege |
| long | long block | long siege |
| original | original block | original siege |
| entire | entire block | entire siege |
| Other adjectives: successful, massive, big, main, new, traditional, final, last, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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And if the Dead decide to lay siege... well, the river's fed by the Clayr's glacier, and the Abhorsens keep a block of ice in their basement for a reason.
Source: Literature / Old Kingdom -
They can block anything that isn't on fire, a siege weapon, or a boot.
- In the American Revolutionary War, a French naval fleet that the rebels had been asking for, came just in time to block British General Cornwallis from loading his soldiers onto boats into Chesapeake Bay to escape the colonists' land siege.
Source: Big Damn Heroes / Real Life
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