debar

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To exclude or shut out; to bar.
2. verb To hinder or prevent.
3. verb To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.

Similar words

exclude avert obviate stave off avoid ward off suspend head off deflect fend off

Often followed by

the him them a us from me any her

Word family

debarment debarments debarred debarring debars