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Main Entry:	bar [bahr] Show IPA/bɑr/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	secure, usually with a length of material
Synonyms:	barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall
Antonyms:	loosen, open, unfasten

Main Entry:	balk
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	thwart
Synonyms:	baffle, bar, beat, check, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, ruin, stall, stop, throw a curve, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart
Antonyms:	aid, help, make easier

Main Entry:	ban
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	officially forbid
Synonyms:	banish, bar, blackball, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress
Antonyms:	allow, permit

Example Sentences

The fellow eventually confessed and was barred from receiving any federal grants for three years.

Under its terms, they are barred from dabbling in diamonds for two years.

Darkest birds are uniformly dark, the dark undertail coverts are barred rufous.

The fellow eventually confessed and was barred from receiving any federal grants for three years.

Under its terms, they are barred from dabbling in diamonds for two years.

Darkest birds are uniformly dark, the dark undertail coverts are barred rufous.

And to make the situation even worse, rebel forces had taken over the park and barred the rangers.

For the past two nights, a barred owl has been calling from the big-leaf maple outside my bedroom window.

Reporters are barred from releasing reports that might incite violence or tribal conflict.

Public employees would have been barred from negotiating over health care and pensions and from striking.

Three opposition parties were barred from the contest on technicalities.

Brown-edged head and upperparts, barred rump, and dark streaks on sides and flanks.

Barred from studying the dinosaur that left the scat behind, there's no way to tell.

Internet users deluged by spam are resorting to the tactics of medieval castle guards who barred all strangers at the gate.

But if elected, he will be barred from taking office.

Underparts barred blackish brown and white or buff, chest and malar area darker, spotted with buff or dull white.

Westmoreland made out a smaller structure built of rough-hewn logs and fitted with barred windows.

The devices would be barred from hotel rooms and other private areas.

Soldiers, policemen and prison warders are already barred.

One team of overnight owlers found luck last night with two species, the eastern screech owl and the barred owl.

He is the first researcher to be permanently barred from ever receiving federal research grants again.

The park's rules so infuriated landowners that they barred government officials from entering.

Despite the stigma faced by hybrids, they are not barred from eventually becoming pure breeds.

Both were barred from the securities industry for life.

In some developing countries, diplomats and aid workers are barred from taking the wheel for their own safety.

Parties are barred from forming coalitions to get over it.

Public-sector wages would plunge, banks would crash, the country would be barred from world debt markets for years.

But with the media barred from the morgue, the point was hard to prove.

Individual malefactors may be barred indefinitely from writing in any publication or appearing in electronic media.

Without it, they-or even their children-may find access to college or promotion barred.

Under the suspension, the chapter is barred from holding any meetings or social events.

Upon detecting invaders, it launches a no-holds barred attack--the.

Last year the university also barred faculty members from giving paid promotional talks for drug companies.

Reporters are barred from asking questions, and the panel.

In fact, the university has been barred from offering this online doctoral degree to state residents.

But only if scientists aren't barred from studying them.

Bush that barred the use of federal money for any projects.

During rush hour, men have long been barred from a third of the carriages of metro trains.

The order barred the group from telling anyone it had received the letter.

Before long the pack had surrounded the doomed beast, lunging at it with barred fangs and yelping non-stop in a frenzy.

As a result, researchers should be barred from paying women for their eggs.

Barred from producing aircraft after the war, the company switched to cars.

The barred owl is aggressively displacing remaining spotted owls from their territories.

Those whose names show up on the watch list would face arrest or be barred from flying.

He also is barred from possessing a computer and can only access the internet for e-mail or for doing school work.

On particularly grotty days, all traffic could be barred from certain parts of the city centre.

Firms are still barred from making direct contributions to politicians.

Whites are barred altogether from some sectors, including bakeries and beauty parlours.

The big five were barred from merging and partly protected from foreign interlopers.

He didn't play much now, the local snooker halls had barred him, but he was still sure he could beat almost everyone.

Main Entry:	barricade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	block, usually to protect
Synonyms:	bar, blockade, defend, fortify, obstruct, shut in
Antonyms:	allow, open

Main Entry:	blacklist
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ban
Synonyms:	banish, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, exclude, expel, hit list, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, put on hit list, reject, repudiate, snub, thumbs down, vote against
Antonyms:	accept, allow, ask in, permit, welcome

Main Entry:	block
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	obstruct
Synonyms:	arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart
Notes:	a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape
Antonyms:	let go, let up, open, unblock

Main Entry:	bolt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fasten securely
Synonyms:	bar, deadbolt, latch, lock, secure
Antonyms:	loosen, open, unbolt, unfasten, unlock

Main Entry:	boycott
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ban; refrain from using
Synonyms:	avoid, bar, blackball, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage
Antonyms:	buy, encourage, support, use

Main Entry:	brake
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check; stop
Synonyms:	bar, block, dam, decelerate, halt, hinder, impede, moderate, obstruct, reduce speed, slacken, slow, slow down, stop
Antonyms:	accelerate

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