'Debar' definitions:
Definition of 'debar'
(from WordNet)
verb
Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar]
verb
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
verb
Definition of 'Debar'
From: GCIDE
- Debar \De*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of. [1913 Webster]
- Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. --Buckle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'debar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticipate,
- avert,
- ban,
- bar,
- bar out,
- barricade,
- bate,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- constrict,
- count out,
- crowd,
- cut off,
- deflect,
- deny,
- deter,
- disallow,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dog,
- eliminate,
- embargo,
- enjoin,
- estop,
- except,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- freeze out,
- help,
- hinder,
- ignore,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- interdict,
- jam,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- keep out,
- leave out,
- lock,
- lock out,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- occlude,
- omit,
- ostracize,
- outlaw,
- pack,
- pass over,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- proscribe,
- refuse,
- reject,
- relegate,
- repel,
- repress,
- repudiate,
- rule out,
- save,
- say no to,
- send to Coventry,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stave off,
- stifle,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- suspend,
- taboo,
- turn aside,
- ward off