excluder

[ik-sklood]

ex·clude

[ik-sklood]
verb (used with object), ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing.
1.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2.
to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3.
to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (combining form of claudere to close)

ex·clud·er, noun
ex·clu·so·ry [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree] , adjective
pre·ex·clude, verb (used with object), pre·ex·clud·ed, pre·ex·clud·ing.
un·ex·clud·ed, adjective
un·ex·clud·ing, adjective


1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.


1. include.

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Excluder is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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exclude (ɪkˈskluːd)
 
vb
1.  to keep out; prevent from entering
2.  to reject or not consider; leave out
3.  to expel forcibly; eject
4.  to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
 
[C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut]
 
ex'cludable
 
adj
 
ex'cludible
 
adj
 
ex'cluder
 
n

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