debar
verb
de·bar di-ˈbär 
dē-
debarred; debarring; debars
transitive verb
: to bar from having or doing something : preclude
debarment
di-ˈbär-mənt
noun dē-
Synonyms
- ban
- bar
- close out
- count (out)
- eliminate
- except
- exclude
- freeze out
- rule out
- shut out
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Example Sentences
the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom
Recent Examples on the Web No company has been debarred yet, according to an M.T.A. spokesman. 
New York Times, 29 July 2019 Perceptics will face upcoming administrative proceedings to determine whether the company should be debarred, meaning prohibited for an extended period from working for the federal government. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 3 July 2019 Labor’s Lucero said that federal investigators did not seek to debar Insight Global from future public contracts. Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018 European Adoption Consultants placed more than 2,000 overseas children in US homes since the early 1990s before the State Department debarred the agency in December. Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN, 12 Oct. 2017 According to the Ohio attorney general's lawsuit, about 300 families had paid EAC for international adoptions that were in various stages when the agency was debarred. Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN, 12 Oct. 2017 Only 33 people or businesses in the U.S. are currently debarred from using H-2A workers — out of several thousand H-2A employers. Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman, 1 Nov. 2017 Between Fat Leonard’s arrest and the end of last year, the Navy suspended 566 vendors and permanently debarred an additional 548 from contracts, according to the federal Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee. Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 July 2017 About 100 employers were debarred during that time. Gary Coronado, www.latimes.com, 25 May 2017 See More
New York Times, 29 July 2019 Perceptics will face upcoming administrative proceedings to determine whether the company should be debarred, meaning prohibited for an extended period from working for the federal government. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 3 July 2019 Labor’s Lucero said that federal investigators did not seek to debar Insight Global from future public contracts. Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018 European Adoption Consultants placed more than 2,000 overseas children in US homes since the early 1990s before the State Department debarred the agency in December. Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN, 12 Oct. 2017 According to the Ohio attorney general's lawsuit, about 300 families had paid EAC for international adoptions that were in various stages when the agency was debarred. Randi Kaye And Wayne Drash, CNN, 12 Oct. 2017 Only 33 people or businesses in the U.S. are currently debarred from using H-2A workers — out of several thousand H-2A employers. Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman, 1 Nov. 2017 Between Fat Leonard’s arrest and the end of last year, the Navy suspended 566 vendors and permanently debarred an additional 548 from contracts, according to the federal Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee. Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 July 2017 About 100 employers were debarred during that time. Gary Coronado, www.latimes.com, 25 May 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English debarren, from Anglo-French debarrer, from de- + barrer to bar
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
debar
transitive verb
de·bar dē-ˈbär
debarred; debarring
: to bar from having or doing something
specifically : to exclude from contracting with the federal government or a federal contractor
was debarred from bidding
compare disbar debarment
noun
as in deterrence
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deterrence
- nullification
- neutralization
- thwarting
- enjoining
- baffling
- checkmate
- prohibition
- prohibiting
- balking
- forbidding
- proscribing
- crossing
- negation
- determent
- proscription
- barring
- outlawing
- interdiction
- circumvention
- foiling
- interdicting
- prevention
- frustration
- avoidance
- precluding
- averting
- forestallment
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- assistance
- support
- aid
- backing
- promotion
- facilitation
- cultivation
- encouragement
- advancement
- nurture