"never again" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} never again (not comparable)
  1. (set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc which should not be allowed to reoccur. Wikipedia link: never again Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (at no time in the future): nevermore Translations (at no time in the future): μήποτε πάλιν (mḗpote pálin) (Ancient Greek), никога вече (nikoga veče) (Bulgarian), 永不再會 (Chinese Mandarin), 永不再会 (yǒngbù zàihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), nimmermeer (Dutch), neniam plu (Esperanto), milloinkaan (Finnish), plus jamais (French), jamais plus (French), nunca máis (Galician), nie wieder (German), niemals mehr (German), nimmermehr (German), ποτέ ξανά (poté xaná) (Greek), לעולם לא עוד (Hebrew), sohasem (Hungarian), aldrei aftur (Icelandic), mai più (Italian), 二度とない (nidotonai) (alt: にどとない) (Japanese), numquam iterum (Latin), tidak sekali (Malay), николиже пакꙑ (nikoliže paky) (Old Church Slavonic), nigdy więcej (Polish), nunca mais (Portuguese), niciodată (Romanian), никогда́ бо́льше (nikogdá bólʹše) (Russian), nikad više (Serbo-Croatian), nunca más (Spanish), más nunca (Spanish), ніко́ли зно́ву (nikóly znóvu) (Ukrainian), byth eto (Welsh)

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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
      "word": "aldrei aftur"
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
      "word": "mai più"
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
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      "sense": "at no time in the future",
      "word": "nunca mais"
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