Block
Throw out
Throw out verb - To drive or force out.
Both terms in one sentence
- Bob is asked by a fellow dentist to give a speech at a dentist's convention; he has severe writer's block and decides to throw out his speech and just wing it on stage.
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Psychic Block Defense Psychic Static The Purge: The Shi'ar are so scared of the Phoenix that if someone becomes its host, they'll throw out all the stops to kill that person and their entire family, as Rachel Grey learned first-hand.
Source: Comicbook / X-Men
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