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disbar

[ dis-bahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, dis·barred, dis·bar·ring.

to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
Synonyms: exclude, suspend, debar

disbar

/ dɪsˈbɑː /

Disbar is sometimes wrongly used where debar is meant: he was debarred (not disbarred ) from attending meetings

Origin of disbar¹

First recorded in 1625–35; dis- ¹ + bar ¹

Cast on my soul what Pluto would disbar From his fire-vaulted hell?

Its equivalent would be almost enough to disbar a man in law, or to ruin him in medicine.

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