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Preclude

🔄 Synonyms of "Preclude"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
forecloseverb	(transitive, law) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
close outverb	(transitive) To terminate; to call the end of.
rule outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Preclude"

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Word	Definition
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
close outverb	(transitive) To terminate; to call the end of.
forecloseverb	(transitive, law) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
rule outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
disqualifyverb	(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
deterverb	(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
avoidingnoun	Avoidance.
nullifyverb	To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
dismissverb	(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.