debar :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

v. prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"

avoid, ward off, deflect, avert, obviate, head off, stave off, fend off

v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

exterminate, kill en masse, kill off

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

wipe out, erase

v. remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

demur, except

v. take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

boycott

v. refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

cut, ostracize, ostracise

v. avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

parry, block, deflect

v. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

rebuff, repulse, repel, drive off, fight off, drive back

v. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

ward off, guard against

v. avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"

let, permit, countenance, allow

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

pass, clear, authorize, authorise, permit officially

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

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