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

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

debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off

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

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decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

abolish, get rid of

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

exterminate, 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"

oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

erase, wipe out

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

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

evict, force out

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

v. enter a demurrer

boycott

v. refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

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"

repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back

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

ward off

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

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permit, allow, let, countenance

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"

authorize, authorise, pass, clear

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

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