unblocks · breakthrough · path · pioneer · trailblazer · bulldozer · sweeps aside · parts · gateway · access · passage · enables · unlocks · frees · liberates · obstacle · barrier · roadblock
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Related — opens (Allows passage through); paves (Covers with concrete); makes way (Clears passage for another); facilitates · smooths · unblocks · breakthrough · path · pioneer · trailblazer · bulldozer · sweeps aside · parts
OBSTACLE CREATION vs REMOVALclears the way ≠ obstructs Blocks or hinders; barricades · blocks · impedes · hinders · hampers
FACILITATION vs HINDRANCEclears the way ≠ hinders Creates obstacles for; obstructs · impedes · thwarts · hampers · frustrates
OPENING vs CLOSING ACCESSclears the way ≠ locks out Denies someone entry; forecloses · prohibits · restricts · limits · curtails
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/clears_the_way