History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
avert

to turn away (one's eyes etc)

thwart; avoid by turning away

degrade

to cause (a person) to be less moral or less deserving of respect

shame, humiliate

delete

to take out (something written or printed)

erase, remove

deter

to discourage or prevent a person

check, inhibit from action

disfranchise

to take away the right of (a person) to send a representative to parliament or the right to vote for a parliamentary representative

be unfit for; be ineligible

disqualify

to state a person as unsuitable or unable

be unfit for; be ineligible

eliminate

to remove (something); get rid of (something) because unnecessary or unwanted

remove, throw out

exclude

to prevent (a person) (from getting in somewhere)

expel, forbid

forbad

of forbid

outlaw, prohibit an action

forbid

to order (a person) not to do something

outlaw, prohibit an action

obviate

to get rid of (needs, dangers, difficulties etc)

make unnecessary

preclude

to prevent (something)

inhibit; make impossible

prevent

to stop or keep (a person) from doing (something); stop (something) from happening

keep from happening or continuing

prohibit

to say that (something) must not be done, that (a person) must not do something

make impossible; stop

retract

to take back or withdraw (a statement, offer, opinion etc)

take back; renege on

shunt

to send (a train etc) from one track to another; to send (a person etc) to a different (usually worse) position

thwart; avoid by turning away

stave

staff; stanza; to keep off, delay, hunger, disaster, bankruptcy etc

prevent

unblock

to remove an obstruction from (a drain etc)

clear

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