as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the interdicting against bullying at school, along with stiff penalties, was long overdue
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as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists
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as in intercepting
to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course
federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country
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Recent Examples of interdicting
CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Coast Guard teams are deployed around the country and around the world and perform a wide range of missions that are considered essential, from search and rescue to interdicting drug vessels.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Warner said, nodding to the typical practice of interdicting boats suspected of ferrying drugs rather than blowing them up.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2025
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Elke Scholiers/Getty The CBS News Confirmed team found online maritime tracking data to corroborate the Iranian claims about interdicting ships.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Coast Guard teams are deployed around the country and around the world and perform a wide range of missions that are considered essential, from search and rescue to interdicting drug vessels.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Warner said, nodding to the typical practice of interdicting boats suspected of ferrying drugs rather than blowing them up.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interdicting
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El Monte passed a 45-day data center moratorium prohibiting processing, approval and acceptance of new data center land-use applications last month.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The department also could issue a rule prohibiting federal funds for hospitals performing gender-affirming care for minors, which would kick off another set of legal challenges.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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Brown, who struggled as a shooter early in the game, forced turnovers on consecutive Sixers possessions during that stretch, first drawing an offensive foul on Andre Drummond and then intercepting a Paul George pass.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Hochstein and co-defendant Jody Glidden face charges of unlawfully intercepting oral statements.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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The White House did not immediately respond to a question about whether the prohibition spans both offensive and defensive strikes.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Some educators are expanding technology prohibitions even further by dropping laptops from their classrooms, too.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Victor Glover described peering at the long shadows of the lunar terminator through a telephoto lens and suddenly feeling transported down to that airless, forbidding landscape and imagining himself off-road driving among jagged peaks.—
Andrew Chaikin,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Upending a delicate balance Our original Constitution refers to religion only in forbidding any religious test to hold public office.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Still, Sylvain sees the banning of innocent users as a potential overcorrection.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Board members who have personal agendas – for example book banning, cell phone usage, gender and pronoun issues, history lessons, religious instruction – may be looking for a leader who feels similarly.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Lebanese government, which includes political representatives from Hezbollah, has also moved to put pressure on the group, outlawing its paramilitary wing and ordering the country’s security forces to rid the capital, Beirut, of all non-state arms.—
Nada Bashir,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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The administration shied away from outlawing such investments outright in 401(k)s.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Interdicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdicting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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