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INTERDICT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Synonyms:

interdict; interdiction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("interdict" is a kind of...):

court order (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)

ban; prohibition; proscription (a decree that prohibits something)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

interdict (command against)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("interdict" is a kind of...):

animadversion; censure (harsh criticism or disapproval)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Command against

Example:

Dad nixed our plans

Synonyms:

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

command; require (make someone do something)

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

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

bar; debar; exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

enjoin (issue an injunction)

criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue interdict the movie

Derivation:

interdict (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)

interdiction (authoritative prohibition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

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

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