Block
Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Vest
Vest verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: “By the power vested in me by the state,” intoned the minister, “I now pronounce that you are married”
Both words in one sentence
- Scud convinces Blade to show Nyssa his vest made of Semtex, enough to level a city block.
Source: Enemy Mine / Film -
Thanks to Carter and the bullet being frozen in time, she has ample time to get a vest to block the bullet before taking it.
Source: Series / Eureka - Spikes of Villainy: Bruisers and characters with a Spike Shield or Vest of Spikes have the "Spikey" passive, which causes them to do one untyped damage when they completely block an enemy attack.
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Vest and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/vest
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