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Definition of debar

prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Similar Words: bar, exclude, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off, suspend

Hyponyms: send down, rusticate

Entailments: punish, penalize, penalise

Derivational Morphology: exclusion, debarment, prevention, bar, obviation, forestalling, preclusion, suspension, temporary removal

Anagrams: beard, bread, ardeb, bared

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