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noun

as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used the proscribing of the use of alcohol was to be expected

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proscribing

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verb

present participle of proscribe
as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing

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  1. prohibition
  2. prohibiting
  3. banning
  4. forbidding
  5. outlawing
Noun
  • Blind to Russia’s own staged electoral process, the Kremlin has repeatedly pushed the idea that the martial law prohibition on Ukrainian elections in wartime means Zelensky is illegitimate.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • DeSantis has signed strict legislation into law on the issue, including a prohibition on data centers passing on costs to ratepayers and new authority for local communities to reject data centers from being built.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibition
Verb
  • The financial penalties are wide-ranging, banning nearly all US trade with Iran, blocking Iranian government assets in the country and prohibiting foreign assistance and arms sales, the report outlines.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Maine’s law goes further, prohibiting visual monitoring in employees’ homes or personal vehicles unless that kind of observation is required for the duties of the job, said Edward Halle, a privacy and AI compliance manager.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibiting
Noun
  • Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Definition of banning
Verb
  • This is the same genius who just a few months ago gave all these scooter riders the freedom to go down one-way streets the wrong way, not having to stop for red lights or stop signs, by forbidding police from writing criminal summonses to them.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The castle moniker invokes brooding keeps, defensive towers and forbidding stone.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • Denver has also considered outlawing natural gas in homes after implementing new restrictions on its use in commercial buildings.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But in the late 1970s, the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana, and chased away the hippies who had flocked to the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlawing
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“Proscribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribing. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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