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Barring
/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
📖 Definitions of "Barring"
verb
- 1
To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
"Our way was barred by a huge rockfall."
- 2
To prohibit.
"I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred."
- 3
To lock or bolt with a bar.
"bar the door"
- 4
To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
noun
- 1
(collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- 2
The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- 3
The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- 4
Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
preposition
- 1
Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.
"Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant."
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