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unblock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unblock has 3 senses
- unblock(v = verb.contact) Array - clear or remove an obstruction from; "the procedure unblocked his arteries" is one way to loosen up, unstuff
- unblock(v = verb.competition) Array - play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding; Array is one way to play
- unblock(v = verb.change) free, release, unfreeze - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" is one way to issue, supply
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Antonym: block
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
unblock, v.tr.
1 remove an obstruction from (esp. a pipe, drain, etc.).
2 (also absol.) Cards allow the later unobstructed play of (a suit) by playing a high card.
1 remove an obstruction from (esp. a pipe, drain, etc.).
2 (also absol.) Cards allow the later unobstructed play of (a suit) by playing a high card.
THESAURUS
unblock
aid, bare, clear, clear the way, deobstruct, disclose, ease, expedite, explain, expose, facilitate, free, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, help along, loose, lubricate, make clear, make way for, manifest, oil, ope, open the way, open up, patefy, pave the way, prepare the way, quicken, remove friction, reveal, run interference for, simplify, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, speed, unbar, uncase, unclench, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unjam, unlatch, unlock, unplug, unroll, unseal, unsheathe, unshut, unstop, unveil, unwrap
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