Enable and Impede

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Enable

Enable verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: a law that would enable the authorities to use wiretaps without obtaining court orders
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Impede is an antonym for enable in allow topic.
Nearby Words: enabled, enabling

Impede

Impede verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
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Enable is an antonym for impede.
Nearby Words: impediment, impeding
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Common collocations

ability enable ability impede ability
character enable character impede character
movement enable movement impede movement
player enable player impede player
Other words: attacks, players.
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