facilitate [verb]: help bring about (an action, a process, etc.); make easier to accomplish.
Example: The government did everything it could to facilitate foreign investment.
Related words: facilitative [adjective], facilitator [noun]
Synonyms: accelerate, catalyze, ease, expedite, promote, simplify
Antonyms: block, check, cripple, delay, detain, deter, encumber, frustrate, hinder, prohibit, stop, stymie, thwart
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