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complete
Verb
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To finish; to reach the end.
He completed the assignment on time.
She completed the race in 12 minutes
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To make whole or entire.
The last chapter completes the book nicely.
complete
Adjective
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With everything included; entire, total.
It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep.
The complete works of an author includes everything the author has written.
prohibition
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noun
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
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noun
a decree that prohibits something
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noun
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
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noun
refusal to approve or assent to
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noun
(= inhibition, forbiddance)
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
he ignored his parents' forbiddance