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prohibit English

Meaning prohibit meaning

What does prohibit mean?
Definitions in simple English

prohibit Verb

— If you prohibit something, you say that it must not be done. The laws were changed to prohibit the use of certain tools. Company policy is to prohibit dogs from entering the store. — If mathx/math prohibits mathy/math, mathy/math is not possible because of mathx/math. The use of a password prohibits access to outsiders.

prohibit

— verb (= forbid, veto, nix) command against I forbid you to call me late at night Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store Dad nixed our plans

Synonyms prohibit synonyms

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prohibit English » English

forbid ban interdict disallow prevent stop hinder deny veto taboo proscribe debar bar nix inhibit outlaw obstruct enjoin restrict resist refuse warn suppress restrain oppose illegalize detain caution block throttle tabu stem say no recant protest prohibition preclude precept plug up order object to object not allow negate interrupt impede hold back hold hamper hinder halt

Topics prohibit topics

What do people use prohibit to talk about?
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Refuse permission
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Prevent
Social behavior Religion Practice religion Religious purification

Taboo

Conjugation prohibit conjugation

How do you conjugate prohibit?

prohibit · verb

Examples prohibit examples

How do I use prohibit in a sentence?

Simple sentences

What the church can't prohibit it blesses.

Movie subtitles

Meanwhile, I have filed a petition for an injunction. to prohibit you from either selling or removing the jewels.
They.they have files that prohibit it.
I'm sorry your case is not one that we could have handled with plastic surgery, but your bone structure, flesh type. many factors prohibit the surgical approach.
I prohibit to you to travel by a taxi.
That law will cut them down, prohibit their activities once and for all.
Now, a dry run is out of the question, but that doesn't prohibit me from making a private reconnaissance this afternoon.
Beginning in three days, until the storm is over. we will prohibit the use of any Labor.
Regulations prohibit fraternizing with the locals.
Most toy stores prohibit that, you know.
Which means, if HAN does his own personal business with the golf course. no law can prohibit him from doing so.
I know regulations prohibit you from accepting gifts worth over 30,000 won!
Regulations prohibit the use of telepaths.
Psi Corps rules prohibit deep scans.
Psi Corps rules prohibit unauthorized scans in civil or criminal investigations.
Now, it's crucial that we prohibit members of our clan from talking and clean out Sir Mamiya's house without leaking the news outside!
But protective custody does not prohibit a little experimentation.
The rules prohibit camping here!
Did you prohibit the paper?
You recall that our laws prohibit travelling to the past, since our ancestors from the 24th century had abused this terribly already.
The rules prohibit loud music from playing after 10:00.
It's the decision of this commission to revoke your license to sell aluminum siding to prohibit you from practicing in the state of Maryland.
Would you like to prohibit coffee drinking, too?
Most toy stores prohibit that.
You see, government regulations prohibit us from advertising on TV.
But they can't prohibit us from holding a beauty pageant. for little girls age seven to nine.
And I prohibit to be spoken you, you are my prisoner.
Now they want to prohibit prostitution.
At least when one can prohibit them.
Organize, coordinate, regulate, hierarchize, prohibit, negate, remove, stop, slow down, forbid, discipline.
And they come here trying to prohibit it?
And, Borusa, I suggest you cut off your communications, prohibit visitors. and keep all your tedious, bureaucratic problems to yourself.
First we prohibit alcohol, because it makes the people aggressive.
Now, I would love to be able to tell you more, but the conditions of the exercise prohibit it.

News and current affairs

Why do International Human Rights Conventions stipulate that the law should prohibit speech that supports national, racial, or religious hatred?
If democratic societies allow people to spend money to buy environmental advantages for children, how can they prohibit parents from buying genetic advantages?
And both prohibit the kind of fiscal or monetary bailout operations for single states or cantons that the EU pursued during the financial crisis.
The options backdating scandal that recently caught Apple's chairman, Steve Jobs, is a microcosm of innovation, prosecution, and reform; now that a rule has been written to prohibit backdating, this particular scam will not happen again.
The disease causes a temporary loss of production, and once foot and mouth disease is established in a country, other countries will prohibit the importation of its meat and dairy products because they don't want the disease to spread it to their animals.
The Quartet's special envoy, James Wolfensohn, has proposed that donors assist the Palestinian people without violating anti-terrorism laws that prohibit funds from being sent directly to Hamas.
If we prohibit drugs in the Olympic Games, we owe it to the athletes to deter, detect, and punish those who cheat.
It is easy to understand why Germany would wish to prohibit such statements.
And, though both the US and the EU prohibit proprietary trading, they each define it differently.
Likewise, German legal scholars interpret the ECB's activities as being incompatible with European treaty provisions that prohibit bailouts and monetary financing of the debt of eurozone members.
Indeed, the rules have been carefully crafted to prohibit such adventures, while allowing Japan to work more closely with the US on direct threats to Japanese security.
Moreover, the draft European constitution will prohibit discrimination in social-welfare benefits against immigrants from other EU countries.
For example, his opposition to governments' authority to prohibit or regulate human behavior extended to licensing requirements for doctors and car drivers, as well as to anti-drug laws, which he believed operated as a subsidy to organized crime.
There are populist demagogues in the West who would ban the Koran and prohibit Muslims from immigrating to their countries.
The Maastricht treaty explicitly prohibits a eurozone country from leaving the euro, but says nothing about a temporary leave of absence (and therefore doesn't prohibit one).
Even so, the draft bill continues to prohibit payment for eggs.
Likewise, tobacco companies are seeking to use the TPP to prohibit developing countries - which represent the largest cigarette markets - from adopting new controls on their products.
This year, one of the issues on the ballot was an act to prohibit tethering or confining a pregnant pig, or a calf raised for veal, in a manner that prevents the animal from turning around freely, lying down, and fully extending his or her limbs.
There is widespread agreement that governments ought to prohibit the sale of at least some dangerous products.
Many countries prohibit the sale of unsafe tools, such as power saws without safety guards.
Since 1988, the US president can prohibit foreign direct investment if it is seen as a threat to national security.
In the future, conflicts of interest might be handled by mathematical algorithms that authorize or prohibit transactions.
Current European rules prohibit other European countries or the EU itself from helping Greece.
But the new view also highlights an important obstacle: many advanced countries' trade and investment treaties prohibit the regulation of cross-border finance.
It also calls on the government to adopt, within a year, legislation to prohibit potentially harmful experiments on great apes that are not in their interests.

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