"debar" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈbɑː(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-debar.wav Forms: debars [present, singular, third-person], debarring [participle, present], debarred [participle, past], debarred [past]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman debarrer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|debarrer}} Anglo-Norman debarrer Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)
  1. (transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar. Tags: transitive Translations (To exclude or shut out; to bar): възпирам (vǎzpiram) (Bulgarian), препятствам (prepjatstvam) (Bulgarian), ausschließen (German), barrar (Portuguese), excluir (Portuguese), engel olmak (Turkish), menetmek (Turkish), yasaklamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-debar-en-verb-ft8quiTl Disambiguation of 'To exclude or shut out; to bar': 95 2 2
  2. (transitive) To hinder or prevent. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-debar-en-verb-rf3w0Ack
  3. (US, law, transitive) To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program. Tags: US, transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-debar-en-verb-6FvfHndn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 4 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 11 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 7 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 5 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 7 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 4 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 5 80 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: debarment, undebarred

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar."
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        "(transitive) To hinder or prevent."
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        "(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar."
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