Unblock

Quick meaning: Unblock is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To free or make available.
2. (intransitive, card games) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
3. (transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
4. The removal of a block or blockage.

Example Sentences

We need a plumber to unblock the sink.

Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed.

It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked.

During this period, Network Rail was able to unblock a culvert and stabilise a high-risk landslip at Beattock, and to stabilise a high-risk landslip site at Ravenstruther (near Carstairs).

Word Forms

• unblocks
• unblocking
• unblocked

Synonyms for unblock

Depending on context, synonyms include deobstruct, free, release, unfreeze.

Antonyms for unblock

Common opposites include block, freeze, immobilize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include release, free, unfreeze, unlock, unlocking, unlatch.

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