prohibitverb
uk/prəˈhɪb.ɪt/us/prəˈhɪb.ɪt/B2 [ T often passive ] to officially refuse to allow something:
Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre.
The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on TV.
Parking is strictly prohibited between these gates.
[ T ] to prevent a particular activity by making it impossible:
The loudness of the music prohibits serious conversation in most nightclubs.
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- Intermarriage between close relatives is prohibited in most societies.
- Smoking is prohibited in the building.
- A law has recently been passed prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places.
- The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory.
- The law specifically prohibits acts of this kind.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- off-limits
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
Preventing and impeding