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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The piece questions the company's focus on alternative earnings metrics excluding amortization and its squishy customer retention.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
That figure jumped after Friday's inflation report showed that prices remain stubbornly high and core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, picked up in August from the previous month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of exclude

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Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
At least 25 states are now enforcing laws or policies banning transgender women and girls from competing in at least some women’s and girls' sports and three others have adopted laws but have enforcement blocked by the courts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ban

Verb

CEOs should look for organizational bottlenecks that prevent security teams from acting quickly when risk arises.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The states’ lawsuit, filed Monday morning in the Southern District of New York, does not seek monetary damages from the federal government, but rather asks the court to block the rule, invalidate it and prevent DHS from using it.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of prevent

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Companies on this path are looking to AI primarily as a way to reduce headcount, eliminate outside resources and lower their overall marketing investment.

— George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
This deal, covering Southeast Asia’s largest economy and 280 million people, eliminates tariffs on 98 percent of goods traded between the two.

— JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

So prohibiting this technique on safety grounds would also tend to result in higher prices.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Pointedly, Ye’s promoter included a clause in his contract prohibiting Raymond James Stadium from canceling the gigs based on the rapper’s past public statements or viewpoints.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of prohibit

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