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   debar

   /dɪˈbɑː/

   verb

   • 1. exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something: "first-round candidates were debarred from standing" Similar excludebanbardisqualifydisentitledeclare ineligibleprecluderule outshut outlock outkeep outrejectblackballsay no toleave out in the coldgive the cold shoulder tostand in the way ofrefuse entrance todisfellowshippreventprohibitproscribedisallowbaninterdictblockstopcurbrestrictrestrainobstructhinderforbid toenjoinestoparchaic:letOpposite admitallow

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French débarrer, from Old French desbarrer ‘unbar’, from des- (expressing reversal) + barrer ‘to bar’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. debarment noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • D

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   • E

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   • B

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   • A

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