debar
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
to hinder or prevent; prohibit: to debar an action.
Origin of debar
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Opposites for debar
Other words from debar
- de·bar·ment, noun
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How to use debar in a sentence
The most noticeable of its defects is its thin skin which bursts easily, thus wholly debarring it from distant markets.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickThe doctor will restore you to your marriage bed with the same arguments that he used in debarring you.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete | Honore de BalzacThey consider the oath as debarring in the one case and not p. 384in the other.
A Comprehensive History of Norwich | A. D. BayneNo,” he said; “that would be debarring myself from escaping.
Commodore Junk | George Manville FennHis parents were Roman Catholics, and to this faith the poet adhered, thus debarring himself from public office and employment.
An Essay on Criticism | Alexander Pope
British Dictionary definitions for debar
/ (dɪˈbɑː) /
(tr usually foll by from) to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar
debar
Derived forms of debar
- debarment, noun
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