Empower
Empower verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: the federal agency empowered to collect taxes
Nearby Words: empowerment, empowering
Obstruct
Obstruct verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Common collocations
| characters | empower characters | obstruct characters |
| ship | empower ship | obstruct ship |
| enemies | empower enemies | obstruct enemies |
| heroes | empower heroes | obstruct heroes |
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