preclude
21preclude — pre|clude [ prı klud ] verb transitive FORMAL if one thing precludes another, the first thing prevents the second one from happening: This policy precludes the routine use of pesticides. Tercek s interviewing style precluded any long winded… …
22preclude — pre·clude || prɪ kluËd v. eliminate, exclude, remove; prevent, make impossible …
23preclude — verb prevent (something) from happening or (someone) from doing something. Derivatives preclusion noun preclusive adjective Origin C15: from L. praecludere, from prae before + claudere to shut …
24preclude — v. a. Prevent, hinder, debar, restrain, inhibit, stop, bar, shut out, obviate …
25preclude — v 1. prevent, hinder, hamper, impede; stop, put a stop to, check, arrest, abort; curb, inhibit, restrain, constrain, repress; obstruct, block, bar, choke, clog, dam up; interfere, interrupt, intervene, interpose; detain, delay, slacken, slow,… …
26preclude — pre·clude …
27preclude — [prɪˈkluːd] verb [T] formal if one thing precludes another, the first thing prevents the second one from happening …
28preclude — pre•clude [[t]prɪˈklud[/t]] v. t. clud•ed, clud•ing 1) to prevent the presence or occurrence of; make impossible: evidence that precludes a conviction[/ex] 2) to exclude or debar: Belief in free will precludes the acceptance of… …
29preclude — /priˈklud / (say pree kloohd) verb (t) (precluded, precluding) 1. to shut out or exclude; prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible. 2. to shut out, debar, or prevent (a person, etc.) from something. {Latin praeclūdere… …
30preclude — v.t. make impossible in advance …
