| bar | (verb) prevent from entering; keep out | Synonyms: debar, exclude |
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| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) secure with, or as if with, bars | - |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: banish, relegate |
| debar | (verb) prevent from entering; keep out | Synonyms: bar, exclude |
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| (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
| (verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | Synonyms: suspend |
| disbar | (verb) remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action | - |
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| unbar | (verb) remove a bar from (a door) | - |
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