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also forbad
as in prohibited
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
smoking is forbidden throughout the building we forbid you to see him
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Recent Examples of forbade
According to prosecutors, the teen's mother became concerned about Ruiz being around her daughter and forbade Garcia Perez from speaking with him.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The stream rushed by, as clear and inviting as the nearby lake that their father forbade them from swimming in.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
But then the estate realized that the decades-old settlement with the accuser forbade any party from depicting that situation for commercial purposes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
The International Commerce Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), was also supposed to rise even taller than its 1,588 feet, but laws forbade it from exceeding the height of the surrounding mountains.
—Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
In 1921, Decree 77 forbade the use of African languages in the schools.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Local news outlets reported that Blanco Vela's sentence forbade him from working as a tour guide for seven and a half years.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
Director Gil Junger spent half a million dollars on a shot the studio forbade him from filming.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
Then in May, Iranian authorities stopped him at the airport, seized his passport and forbade him from leaving the country.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The stream rushed by, as clear and inviting as the nearby lake that their father forbade them from swimming in.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
But then the estate realized that the decades-old settlement with the accuser forbade any party from depicting that situation for commercial purposes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
The International Commerce Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), was also supposed to rise even taller than its 1,588 feet, but laws forbade it from exceeding the height of the surrounding mountains.
—Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe, Architectural Digest, 7 Apr. 2026
In 1921, Decree 77 forbade the use of African languages in the schools.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Local news outlets reported that Blanco Vela's sentence forbade him from working as a tour guide for seven and a half years.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
Director Gil Junger spent half a million dollars on a shot the studio forbade him from filming.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
Then in May, Iranian authorities stopped him at the airport, seized his passport and forbade him from leaving the country.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbade
Verb
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Because of prior convictions, which include federal gun charges, Burton is prohibited from owning a firearm.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Less than two months later, the two nations and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited weapons testing in the atmosphere and in the water.—
Abigail R. Hall,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Peregrine falcons were heavily impacted by the use of the pesticide DDT, which was banned across the United States in 1972.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Taiwan is weighing export controls that would restrict AI chip sales to all customers in China, Bloomberg reported Tuesday—a move that would bring the island into closer alignment with US rules that have banned such sales since 2022.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Set in 2093, the film follows young filmmaker Kuve (Abraham Joseph) who travels to the remote village of Umata to document the aftermath of a devastating war that outlawed post-2040s technology and brought ancient kingdoms back to life.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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Still, for thirty-two years, the book was outlawed precisely for being dirty and obscene—honest, maybe, but definitely not healthy.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Forbade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbade. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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