DEBARRED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

debarred

verb

past tense of debar

as in excluded

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 debarred 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

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When the employer contribution is excluded, the lifetime benefits amount to roughly 265% of what the worker personally paid into Social Security.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
But lawmakers offered little explanation during a June 30 hearing for why those particular offenses were excluded.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of excluded

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Some renters are now demanding that this kind of billing practice — often handled by outside companies, which add on their own fees — be banned outright.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Chicago Sky have banned Enes Kanter Freedom from their home games after the former NBA center was ejected from Sunday's loss to the Indiana Fever.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of banned

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She was ordered to surrender her police identification, keys, weapon, and radio, and was prohibited from entering department property without the chief’s permission.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Cameras are allowed only to capture relevant information for the violation and are prohibited from continuous recording.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of prohibited

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As a result of dropping the primary discrimination claims, the court eliminated the $2 million in punitive damages and $100,000 for emotional distress.

— Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
Measles cases reach record high Measles cases in the United States have surpassed last year's total and are at their highest since the disease was eliminated from the country nearly three decades ago, according to CDC data.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of eliminated

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Reuters published an interview with Sinan Can Demir, a Texas computer science student who in late July prevented a rogue version of Anthropic’s Mythos model from uploading malicious code to an open-source software project on Github.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
ProPublica went further, enlisting the help of experts to determine which of those deaths could have been prevented.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026

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