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Exact Match:

debar: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

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disqualify collapse: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"; declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

estop collapse

leave out collapse

count out collapse: declare the loser

obviate collapse: do away with

keep out collapse

foreclose collapse: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage

freeze out collapse

banish collapse: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"; expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"; expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

forbid collapse: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

dishearten collapse: take away the enthusiasm of

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

preclude collapse: make impossible, especially beforehand

proscribe collapse

keep off collapse: refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"; refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

fend off collapse

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

occlude collapse

stand in the way collapse

lock out collapse: prevent employees from working during a strike

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

omit collapse

fend collapse: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

ostracize collapse: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

anticipate collapse: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"; realize beforehand; be excited or anxious about; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

forestall collapse

stave off collapse

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

discourage collapse: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

ward off collapse: avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"

chock collapse: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object; as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"; support on chocks; "chock the boat"; secure with chocks

constrict collapse: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

shut out collapse

prohibit collapse

embargo collapse: a government order imposing a trade barrier; prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"; ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

shut collapse: not open; "the door slammed shut"

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