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unblock

[ uhn-blok ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove a block or obstruction from:

    to unblock a channel; to unblock a person's credit.

  2. Bridge. to play (a suit) so that the last card of the suit in one hand can provide access to the hand of the partnership having the longer holding in the suit.


unblock

/ ʌˈɒ /

verb

  1. to remove a blockage from (a pipe, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unblock1

First recorded in 1605–15; un- 2 + block
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These including using the pages to sell fake products or place scam adverts, harvesting personal information, spreading malware, tricking people into sending money, or blackmailing the company in question to unblock the account.

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"We needed to unblock the aid from the US. For us, the exchange of intelligence is very important."

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Seemingly by accident, Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was also invited to the chat, which discussed planned strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen aimed at unblocking trade routes on the Suez Canal.

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It has set out "a major planning overhaul… unblocking barriers to building, and setting out targets for councils to ramp up housebuilding, so new homes are built where they are most needed."

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Rescuers are now searching for survivors in the ruins, such as in the capital Mamoudzou, while trying to unblock roads and clear rubble and downed trees.

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