Facilitate
Facilitate verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.
Obstruct
Obstruct verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Usage example: this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions
Common collocations
| movement | facilitate movement | obstruct movement |
| work | facilitate work | obstruct work |
| relationship | facilitate relationship | obstruct relationship |
| plan | facilitate plan | obstruct plan |
| Other words: evolution, access, plans, operations, players. | ||
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