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preclude

 
Verb preclude has 2 senses
  1. prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid - keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
    Derived form: noun preclusion1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. preclude, rule out, close out - make impossible, especially beforehand
    --2 is one way to obviate, rid of, eliminate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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