DISBARS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

disbars

verb

present tense third-person singular of disbar

as in prevents

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Hemphill says doing the main pruning in spring prevents winter damage to tender young shoots and gives them a clean start for the new season.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026
If the state offers a public benefit to everyone but someone’s religious belief prevents them from being able to obtain that public benefit (in this case, 15 hours of funding for each student), must the state bend to accommodate that belief?

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of prevents

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That excludes money funneled through nonprofits that conceal their donors.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of excludes

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Spending weeks and months to build an AI strategy without testing hinders the ability to react.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Other scientists argue that vascular dysfunction hinders the brain’s ability to clear amyloid and injures neurons through other routes.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of hinders

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The cancer society no longer recommends screening at 75 — while acknowledging that particularly healthy 75- to 79-year-olds may choose to continue — and discourages it once men turn 80.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
The American Veterinary Medical Association strongly discourages declawing as an elective procedure, but defers to veterinarians on each case.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of discourages

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Having all your pieces shoved against walls disallows natural flow through the room.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
In a concession to the council, Lee’s proposal would repeal a local law that disallows council members from superseding the administrator and giving orders to city staff.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Definition of disallows

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That is because networks increasingly stay in-house, which helps makes the economics of broadcast work but essentially shuts out third-party suppliers.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
The birthplace criterion also shuts out key figures of the Harlem Renaissance — including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong — who were born in the American South and moved to New York as part of the Great Migration.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 June 2026

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Those efforts helped bring about California’s Proposition 12, a landmark law passed in 2018 that bans certain forms of extreme confinement, including tiny crates that used to be the norm in veal production.

— Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 11 Nov. 2026
Ukraine has long said its constitution bans ceding land to Russia, a move that would also be deeply unpopular with a Ukrainian public scarred by years of brutal warfare.

— Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

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