debar

Verb

Verb Forms: debarred, debarring, debars

• To exclude or prohibit someone from doing something.
• bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
• prevent from entering; keep out
• To exclude or shut out; to bar.
• To hinder or prevent.
• To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.

Examples

• The rules DEBAR using proper nouns, no matter how tempting a name like ’Scrabble’ might be.

Synonyms

avert, avoid, bar, deflect, exclude, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, suspend, ward off