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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit |
| Synonyms: | blackball, deny, deprive, exclude, forbid, hinder, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, suspend |
| Notes: | debar means to bar from a place or prevent from exercising a right; disbar means to expel from the bar or legal profession |
| Main Entry: | forestall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep from happening |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, avert, delay, deter, hinder, monopolize, preclude, preoccupy, prevent, thwart |
| Main Entry: | estop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impede |
| Synonyms: | bar, obstruct, plug, preclude, prevent, prohibit |
| Main Entry: | stave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool*, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep lid on, limit, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prohibit, put a stop to, put an end to, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, shut out, stave off, stop, thwart, turn aside, ward, ward off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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