Debar \De*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.]
To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to
preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to
shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and
sometimes with of.
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Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment. --Milton.
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Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from
the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized
life. --Buckle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
debar
v 1: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
a strike" [syn: obviate, deflect, avert, head off,
stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
3: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: bar, exclude]
[also: debarring, debarred]
WordNet (r) 2.0
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "debar":
anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bar out, barricade, bate, block,
block up, blockade, bolt, chock, choke, choke off, close,
close off, close tight, close up, constrict, count out, crowd,
cut off, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten,
dog, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, estop, except, exclude,
exclude from, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall,
freeze out, help, hinder, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, jam,
keep from, keep off, keep out, leave out, lock, lock out, obstruct,
obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pack, pass over,
preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, relegate,
repel, repress, repudiate, rule out, save, say no to,
send to Coventry, shut off, shut out, shut tight, squeeze,
squeeze shut, stave off, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate,
suffocate, suppress, suspend, taboo, turn aside, ward off
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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