Dictionary

unblock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈblɒk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + block.

Meanings

1. The removal of a block or blockage.
   • Look for every opportunity to create an entry to the weak hand. Spectacular unblocks are often needed. 1997, Danny Roth, Focus on Declarer Play, page 68:
   • 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. 2017, Natalie Enright Jerger, Tushar Krishna, Li-Shiuan Peh, On-Chip Networks: Second Edition, page 110:

Forms

unblock en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈblɒk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + block.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
   • 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). 2021 March 10, “Network News: Flooding closes Highland and West Coast main lines in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 926, page 17:
   • We need a plumber to unblock the sink.
2. (transitive) To free or make available.
   • 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. 2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58:
3. (intransitive) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
4. (transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).

Forms

Deriveds

unblockable · unblocker

Synonyms

deobstruct

Translations (24)

ka განბლოკავს (to remove obstructions) · ca desblocar (to remove obstructions) · sh deblokírati (to remove obstructions) · bg освобождавам (to remove obstructions) · sv avblockera (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · nl deblokkeren (to remove obstructions) · ca desbloquejar (to remove obstructions) · it sbloccare (to remove obstructions) · es desbloquear (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · fr débloquer (to remove obstructions) · fr débloquer (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · mi whakapara (to remove obstructions) · ca desbloquejar (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · pl odetkać (to remove obstructions) · es desbloquear (to remove obstructions) · bg деблокирам (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · it disostruire (to remove obstructions) · nl ontstoppen (to remove obstructions) · nl deblokkeren (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · mi whakatahe (to remove obstructions) · pt desbloquear (to remove obstructions) · bg премахвам препятствие (to remove obstructions) · hu felold (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked)) · pl odblokować (to enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked))