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Verb(1) command against(2) keep from happening or arising; make impossible(3) keep from happening or arising(4) have the effect of preventing(5) outlaw(6) prohibit an action

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(1) Its cliffs forbid coastal access, leaving the interior - a tussock-covered plateau - as the only feasible route.(2) No state or federal laws forbid such electioneering activities, no matter how criminal the corporation.(3) environmental laws forbid alteration of the coast(4) the cliffs forbid any easy turning movement(5) If you're ever out with Pants, it would be wise to forbid him to order the Chili Fries.(6) It also says the 2001 donation agreement allows the company to forbid use of the interchange for loads that do not originate or end on the Britton Line.(7) The Central Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Propaganda Department have issued orders to forbid you from reporting this.(8) Sexual harassment law forbids speech that creates a hostile or offensive working environment.(9) I picked mine up and listened - a private first class like me was strictly forbidden from speaking on it unless spoken to.(10) Smoking indoors had already become a taboo long before government created laws forbidding it.(11) Bent on establishing a biracial society, Southern whites passed strict laws forbidding interracial marriage, naming the issue of such unions illegitimate.(12) She explained that Nunavut's new election law forbids the posting of voters' lists containing the names and addresses of voters, for reasons of confidentiality and security.(13) I was being watched by the whole office yet I was forbidden from saying anything to anybody.(14) Church leaders could face prosecution if they refuse to ordain practising homosexuals under new laws forbidding discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.(15) Firstly, I have no power to review - in fact, I am expressly forbidden from doing so - a decision on a case by the Legal Services Agency.(16) Genetic principles forbade such easy transformation of the genetic nature of species and the creation of a new one.