'rule out' definitions:
Definition of 'rule out'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules [syn: rule out, rule in]
verb
Dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn: rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]
Synonyms of 'rule out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscind,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- anticipate,
- avert,
- ban,
- bar,
- bate,
- blot,
- blot out,
- bob,
- cancel,
- clip,
- close out,
- count out,
- crop,
- cross out,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- debar,
- deflect,
- dele,
- delete,
- deny,
- deter,
- disallow,
- discourage,
- disenable,
- dishearten,
- disqualify,
- dock,
- efface,
- eliminate,
- embargo,
- enjoin,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- erase,
- estop,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- expunge,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- help,
- inhibit,
- interdict,
- isolate,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- knock off,
- lop,
- make impossible,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- obliterate,
- obviate,
- outlaw,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- proscribe,
- prune,
- raze,
- refuse,
- reject,
- repel,
- repress,
- root out,
- rub out,
- save,
- say no to,
- scratch,
- scratch out,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shut out,
- sponge,
- sponge out,
- stamp out,
- stave off,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- strip,
- strip off,
- suppress,
- suspend,
- taboo,
- take off,
- take out,
- truncate,
- turn aside,
- ward,
- ward off,
- wipe out
Words containing 'rule out'
- As a rule,
- Rule,
- Ruled,
- Ruling,
- Rulingly,
- rule in,
- Batter rule,
- Board rule,
- Caliber rule,
- Chain rule,
- Column rule,
- Composing rule,
- Day rule,
- Diminishing rule,
- Foot rule,
- Golden rule,
- Home rule,
- Joint rule,
- Jointing rule,
- Night rule,
- Phase rule,
- Plumb rule,
- Rule joint,
- Rule of Coss,
- Rule of the road,
- Rule of three,
- Rule of thumb,
- Rule, TX,
- Ruled surface,
- Ruling elder,
- Ruling pen,
- Setting rule,
- Slide rule,
- Sliding rule,
- Space rule,
- To enlarge a rule,
- To rule the roast,
- algorithmic rule,
- carpenter's rule,
- exclusionary rule,
- gag rule,
- grammatical rule,
- ground rule,
- hearsay rule,
- heuristic rule,
- linguistic rule,
- majority rule,
- miranda rule,
- mob rule,
- morphological rule,
- naegele's rule,
- procrustean rule,
- rule book,
- rule of evidence,
- rule of grammar,
- rule of law,
- rule of morphology,
- rules of order,
- ruling class,
- system of rules,
- work to rule,
- working rule,
- Rule-monger,
- best evidence rule,
- parol evidence rule,
- robert's rules of order,
- rule of cy pres,
- rule of trial and error,
- rule-governed,
- self-rule,
- Side-bar rule,
- one-man rule