All bar synonyms
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B b verb bar
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- suspend β to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- preclude β to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- segregate β to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- rule out β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- ban β To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- lock β a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
- plug β an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- dam β A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
- dike β a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- blockade β A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- barricade β A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- latch β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- seal β a member of the U.S. Navyβs special operations forces.
- deadbolt β a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- caulk β If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- discountenance β to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
- frustrate β to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- ostracize β to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- debar β If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
- interfere β to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- override β to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- interdict β Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
- boycott β If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.