debarverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈbɑːr/us/diːˈbɑːr/-rr- formalto stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement:
He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.
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Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- forbid
- nix
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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