pre·clude

[pri-klood]
verb (used with object), pre·clud·ed, pre·clud·ing.
1.
to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
2.
to exclude or debar from something: His physical disability precludes an athletic career for him.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin praeclūdere to shut off, close, equivalent to prae- pre- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut, close

pre·clud·a·ble, adjective
pre·clu·sion [pri-kloo-zhuhn] , noun
pre·clu·sive [pri-kloo-siv] , adjective
pre·clu·sive·ly, adverb
un·pre·clud·a·ble, adjective
un·pre·clud·ed, adjective
un·pre·clu·sive, adjective
un·pre·clu·sive·ly, adverb


1. forestall; eliminate.
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preclude (prɪˈkluːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to exclude or debar
2.  to make impossible, esp beforehand
 
[C17: from Latin praeclūdere to shut up, from prae in front, before + claudere to close]
 
pre'cludable
 
adj
 
preclusion
 
n
 
preclusive
 
adj
 
pre'clusively
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

preclude
1618, from L. præcludere "to close, shut off, impede," from L. præ- "before, ahead" + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)).
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Example sentences
But there are other voices making themselves heard in ways that preclude an
  easy retreat.
You can't preclude all problems just by increasing the number of regulations.
If you insist on a rubric, you effectively preclude an instructor from
  considering that in her grading.
Individualism does not preclude the need for a government.
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