Facilitate and Obstruct

Facilitate

Facilitate verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.

Obstruct is an antonym for facilitate in topics: further, assist the progress of.

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

Facilitate is an antonym for obstruct in prevent topic.

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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