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DEBAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: debarred    , debarring   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent from entering; keep out

Example:

He was barred from membership in the club

Synonyms:

bar; debar; exclude

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

debarment (the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Example:

avert a strike

Synonyms:

avert; avoid; debar; deflect; fend off; forefend; forfend; head off; obviate; stave off; ward off

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Synonyms:

debar; suspend

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

"Debar" entails doing...:

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "debar"):

rusticate; send down (suspend temporarily from college or university, in England)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

debarment (the act of prevention by legal means)

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