DEBAR Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

debar

verb

di-ˈbär

Definition of debar

as in to exclude

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the judge debarred all of the reporters from the courtroom

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Recent Examples of debar In May 2024, the city debarred Makai Solutions from doing business with all departments for three years after the company failed to appear at a hearing. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026 If Chiu succeeds in debarring Collective Impact, the nonprofit would have to end its summer and after-school programs and close the doors of its three-decade-old Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, its attorneys Lauren Kramer Sujeeth and Si Eun Amber Lee wrote. — Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2025 The city announced in a news release that CJR Construction Group of Raytown has been debarred for two years, meaning the company cannot receive city contracts during that time. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025 Courts have rejected that theory in cases defunding and debarring ACORN and a Russian cybersecurity firm from federal work. — The Editors, National Review, 9 July 2025 In 2018, the feds debarred Larralde, Georgiou and two other family members for three years from the H-2A program. — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024

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Since last year, Nvidia has excluded any potential Chinese AI chip revenue from its forecasts.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Includes standard back-to-school apparel; excludes athletic uniforms and luxury goods.

— Courtney Johnston, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026

Definition of exclude

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A number of Russian regions have banned the use of large canisters that hold around five gallons to prevent fuel hoarding.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Twenty-seven states currently have laws banning trans girls and women from participating against cisgender women and girls.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of ban

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Only people whose physical condition prevents them from doing so would be allowed to receive assistance from a doctor or a nurse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
The states are also asking for a temporary restraining order and an injunction that would prevent the merger from closing.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 July 2026

Definition of prevent

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Disparity between unincorporated areas, cities If the POP unit is eliminated, its six officers would return to patrol assignments.

— Reeti Malhotra July 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
United States forward Folarin Balogun has signed with the high-profile Klutch Sports agency following an eventful World Cup campaign that ended when the national team was eliminated by Belgium in the round of 16.

— Martin Rogers, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of eliminate

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The supreme courts of Michigan, Ohio and Oklahoma have all prohibited seizing private property to give it to another private party purely for economic development.

— Aaron Walayat, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
The Alabama-Coushatta and Tigua tribes are also covered by the Texas Restoration Act, a federal law that restored federal recognition to both tribes in 1987 and said gambling prohibited under Texas law would also be prohibited on their reservations.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

Definition of prohibit

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