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zoning collapse: dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

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"

interdict collapse: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

inhibition collapse: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; the quality of being inhibited; (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

contraband collapse: goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law

prevention collapse: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

injunction collapse: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"; a formal command or admonition

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

taboo collapse: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; declare as sacred and forbidden

refusal collapse: a message refusing to accept something that is offered; the act of refusing

repression collapse: the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"; (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious; a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"

code collapse: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy; (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions; a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones); attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

constitute collapse: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

law collapse: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"; a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society; a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"; legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"; the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

rejection collapse: the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"; the speech act of rejecting; (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"; the state of being rejected

ban collapse: an official prohibition or edict against something; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova; prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

suppression collapse: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"; the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"; (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant

put through collapse: connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

denial collapse: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true; the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

generality collapse: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

ordain collapse: issue an order; appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"; invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"; order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

railroad collapse: transport by railroad; supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

lobby collapse: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation; the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest; detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

degree collapse: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"; the highest power of a term or variable; a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"; a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"; a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

decree collapse: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"; issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

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