unblock
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unblock (third-person singular simple present unblocks, present participle unblocking, simple past and past participle unblocked)
- (transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
- Synonym: deobstruct
- We need a plumber to unblock the sink.
- 2021 March 10, “Network News: Flooding closes Highland and West Coast main lines in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 926, page 17:
- 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).
- (transitive) To free or make available.
- 2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58:
- 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.
- (intransitive, card games) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
- (transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
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to remove obstructions
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to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)
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Noun edit
unblock (plural unblocks)
- The removal of a block or blockage.
- 1997, Danny Roth, Focus on Declarer Play, page 68:
- Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed.
- 2017, Natalie Enright Jerger, Tushar Krishna, Li-Shiuan Peh, On-Chip Networks: Second Edition, page 110:
- Control messages, such as requests/forwards/unblocks, are often shorter as they need to carry the address and some header information, while data messages, such as responses, are cache-line sized with some extra header information.