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debars

verb

present tense third-person singular of debar
as in excludes
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 Synonyms for debars
  1. excludes
  2. bans
  3. prevents
  4. prohibits
  5. eliminates
  6. bars
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  • But that excludes knock-on impacts to prices for airfare or food, for example, which can make the overall impact on price growth higher, the consultancy said in a May report.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 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 excludes
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  • The ‘no outside assistance’ rule is officially defined as Rule 41 of the Racing Rules of Sailing, which bans a competing boat from taking physical or tactical help from anyone outside the crew.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Taliban bans filming in public areas where flogging as well as stoning takes place, but MA says that individuals who oppose the practice have been discretely filming these events, then posting the video.
    — Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of bans
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  • There exists highly effective and safe immunization available that prevents around 97% of infections.
    — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Attardo points out that reducing wildlife collisions doesn't just save human and animal lives, but prevents property damage, the spending of public service dollars, and traffic delays.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of prevents
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  • French military policy in Lebanon prohibits identifying soldiers by first names for security reasons.
    — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The bills prohibits agents, officers and employees of DHS or those acting under authority of the agency from conducting operations in child care facilities, school bus stops and playgrounds.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of prohibits
Verb
  • The proposal also prohibits ornamental water features in new developments and eliminates the use of water-intensive cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass, in new landscaping projects.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 16 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 eliminates
Verb
  • Ukraine’s constitution bars elections from being held under martial law, which was introduced after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
    — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • On Thursday, a federal judge in Virginia granted the preliminary injunction that bars the federal agency from obtaining this data while the litigation continues.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bars
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“Debars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debars. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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