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Disallow

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

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Manner of action 7

Ban 76% connected

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Debar 76% connected

To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or re…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enjoin 76% connected

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

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Exclude 76% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Illegalize 76% connected

To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

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Outlaw 76% connected

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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Broader term 2

Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Proscription 74% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proscription 74% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Forbid 92% connected

of Forbid

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interdict 92% connected

To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nix 92% connected

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prohibit 92% connected

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proscribe 92% connected

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Veto 92% connected

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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