Synonyms of ruling out

ruling out

verb

present participle of rule out

as in excluding

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of

another loss would rule them out of the tournament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excluding
• banning
• counting (out)
• shutting out
• freezing out
• eliminating
• barring
• prohibiting
• preventing
• closing out
• closing one's doors to
• excepting
• debarring
• suspending
• checking off
• expelling
• warding (off)
• banishing
• weeding (out)
• combing (out)
• throwing out
• staving off
• exiling
• blacklisting
• precluding
• excommunicating
• blocking
• ostracizing
• obviating
• impeding
• hindering
• blackballing
• deporting
• deterring
• obstructing
• ousting
• ceasing
• halting
• discontinuing
• disregarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• including
• taking in
• admitting
• receiving
• welcoming
• accepting
• entertaining
• embracing
• unbanning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ruling out

In forensic parlance, a diagnosis of exclusion is one reached by ruling out other plausible causes; drowning can be challenging to prove, because often there’s no telltale sign that one occurred. — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Additional checkpoints may help identify gaps or inconsistencies, ruling out the bad actors. — John Bou, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Additional observations steadily refined the asteroid's orbit, eliminating any possibility of a collision in 2029 and also ruling out any impact threat for at least the next century, according to NASA. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 July 2026

After ruling out all other possibilities, Dhingra finally diagnosed Williams with IC‑MPGN, a kidney disease related to the immune system. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 June 2026

Boston is not ruling out the idea is my intel. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

But in the decades since PBHs were first proposed, astronomers found clever ways to narrow down their plausible range of masses, ruling out many scenarios in which these black holes could account for dark matter. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

Many researchers think quantum computers are at an advantage here, because the process of classically ruling out insignificant configurations can get prohibitively difficult. — Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026

Investigators are not ruling out weather or any other contributing factors. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 16 May 2026