BANNING Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of banning

as in prohibiting

the act of ordering that something not be done or used the banning of the use of foul language at town council meetings was long overdue

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banning

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verb

present participle of ban

as in forbidding

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings

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as in excluding

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of banning

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Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said. — Reeti Malhotra july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior. — Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026 The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the banning of dangerous formations. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Magyar’s focus on the economy means reform of Hungary’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which currently includes the banning of Pride marches and fines for promoting homosexuality in schools, may not be a priority. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 Still, Sylvain sees the banning of innocent users as a potential overcorrection. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 Board members who have personal agendas – for example book banning, cell phone usage, gender and pronoun issues, history lessons, religious instruction – may be looking for a leader who feels similarly. — Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 Against the backdrop of ’90s theatricality, the most meaningful gesture of the week remains the banning of phones. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 These included the banning of the works of Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Bengali poet and Nobel laureate, and Pres. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

French lawmakers are racing against the clock to reach a compromise that would allow a bill banning social media for children under 15 to possibly enter into force at the start of the new school year in September. — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026 What’s to stop Morocco, co-host of the 2030 tournament, from banning officials and players from Algeria over the two countries’ territorial dispute in the Western Sahara? — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Justice Steven Tekulsky issued a stay-away order of protection, banning the 63-year-old from attempting to contact Beyoncé or Jay-Z. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 None of it requires banning a single drug, but just enough friction, at enough points in the system, that staying on treatment becomes harder than going off it. — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026 The episode is the latest example of Menin choosing to home in on issues Mamdani previously supported that now pose political weak points, from expanding the city’s housing vouchers to banning 24-hour shifts for home health aides. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 The City of Winter Garden removed a sign banning guns from a city park this week after Florida’s attorney general threatened legal action, saying state law does not allow local governments to regulate firearms. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Under pressure to tweak the rules this spring, the department again declined to monitor school quality and tinkered only with how parents can use the funds on items other than tuition, banning them from paying for travel sports teams, for instance. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 Ultra-orthodox Israelis who refuse to participate in mandatory military service have been temporarily protected after the Knesset passed a bill banning their arrest. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for banning

Noun

While the executive order was largely perceived as a flexible behavioral intervention, Section 815 would be a stricter prohibition contingent on waivers that reaches far beyond prime military contractors.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 14 July 2026
The prohibition, together with the delegated and implementing acts, will apply to large companies beginning Sunday.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

Definition of prohibition

Verb

The ruling granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the firms from completing the merger and from consolidating their operations.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
Key Background Federal prosecutors have increasingly used statutes prohibiting the sending of threats against the president to pursue posts made on social media.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of prohibiting

Verb

Liberty keep backsliding The Liberty, a perennial contender in recent years, have lost eight of their last 10 (excluding their Commissioner’s Cup championship victory, which does not count toward the regular-season standings).

— James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The distance the jet traveled during the tournament, excluding the journey to Qatar and back for the funeral, according to the AP analysis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

Definition of excluding

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Concurrently, China implemented strict regulations on AI companion chatbots, forbidding emotional reliance and virtual relationships with minors, citing demographic concerns.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of forbidding

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Disney’s private island became the first to allow ships to dock directly at the shore—eliminating the need for a tender.

— Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Kennedy and his advisers debated eliminating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot in the fall, according to the three people.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of eliminating

Verb

In a brief order, the high court agreed to take up a pair of cases challenging local and state laws outlawing AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Players will still be able to cover their mouths when conversing normally, but outlawing the act during disagreements is designed to remove plausible deniability for any player accused of making discriminatory remarks while their mouth is obscured.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 31 May 2026

Definition of outlawing

Verb

Friday's appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state's ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
What’s being done to address Land Park’s issues Aside from barring nighttime parking in the park, the city has also discussed closing some streets in the park to vehicular traffic as part of a two-year pilot program.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of barring

Verb

After launching the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia managed to occupy all of the Ukrainian land that surrounds the Sea of Azov, preventing Kyiv from accessing it.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Events unfold over the course of one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking outside communication and preventing reinforcements from arriving.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 July 2026

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