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Verb debar has 3 senses
- suspend, debar - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
--1 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
--2 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- bar, debar, exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
--3 is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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