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"(transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler."
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"text": "As John Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule him out as a suspect.",
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"ref": "1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726",
"text": "In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.",
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{
"ref": "2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian",
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{
"ref": "2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23",
"text": "Electrification of the Midland Main Line has not been ruled out.",
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"To reject an option from a list of possibilities."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities."
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "descartar"
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "kizár"
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{
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
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"_dis1": "10 83 1 4 1",
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "descartar"
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"text": "The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis."
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"word": "排除"
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
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{
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "durchkreuzen"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "menggugurkan"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "escludere"
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"alt": "じょがいする",
"code": "ja",
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"word": "除外する"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "excluir (a possibilidade de)"
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"ref": "2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC",
"text": "And Martin Skrtel's late headed goal was rightly ruled out for offside.",
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"(transitive) To disallow."
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"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "streichen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "annullieren"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
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"ref": "2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman",
"text": "Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.",
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"(transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler."
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"ref": "2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23",
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible."
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"(transitive) To disallow."
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cross out",
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"word": "descartar"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "kizár"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "excluir"
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
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"word": "descartar"
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"sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
"word": "utesluta"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "páichú",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "排除"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "vyloučit"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "uitsluiten"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "estää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "exclure"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "durchkreuzen"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "menggugurkan"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "escludere"
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{
"alt": "じょがいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jogai suru",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "除外する"
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{
"alt": "はいじょする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "haijo suru",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "排除する"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "wykluczać"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "excluir (a possibilidade de)"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "isključátʹ",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "исключа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "isključítʹ",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "исключи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"word": "descartar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyključáty",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "виключа́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výključyty",
"sense": "to make something impossible",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́ключити"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "hylätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "exclure"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "streichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "annullieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "zurücknehmen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
"word": "döma bort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make unavailable",
"word": "ausfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make unavailable",
"word": "wegfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make unavailable",
"word": "fehlen"
}
],
"word": "rule out"
}
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