debar
verb
[ dɪˈbɑː ]
• exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something.
• "first-round candidates were debarred from standing"
Similar:
exclude,
ban,
bar,
disqualify,
disentitle,
declare ineligible,
preclude,
rule out,
shut out,
lock out,
keep out,
reject,
blackball,
say no to,
leave out in the cold,
give the cold shoulder to,
stand in the way of,
refuse entrance to,
disfellowship,
prevent,
prohibit,
proscribe,
disallow,
interdict,
block,
stop,
curb,
restrict,
restrain,
obstruct,
hinder,
forbid to,
enjoin,
estop,
let,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French débarrer, from Old French desbarrer ‘unbar’, from des- (expressing reversal) + barrer ‘to bar’.
