preclude

About 2.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.

   It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!

Similar words

prevent forbid forestall close out foreclose rule out exclude obviate avoid prevention

Often followed by

the a any an their all its such this him

Word family

precluded precludes precluding preclusion preclusions preclusive preclusively