as in to forbid
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark
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Recent Examples of prohibit
Alcohol sales are prohibited in Tennessee on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
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Jordan Green, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Attendants are prohibited from using force except in extreme cases, and one striking a patient under circumstances not actually necessary gets his or her immediate discharge.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
Additionally, and glass containers are prohibited in the swim area.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
The injunction would likely bar California from enforcing residency requirements for CCW applications and allow non-California residents who are not otherwise prohibited from owning guns to apply for a CCW.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Jordan Green, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Attendants are prohibited from using force except in extreme cases, and one striking a patient under circumstances not actually necessary gets his or her immediate discharge.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
Additionally, and glass containers are prohibited in the swim area.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
The injunction would likely bar California from enforcing residency requirements for CCW applications and allow non-California residents who are not otherwise prohibited from owning guns to apply for a CCW.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibit
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Still others turn their front yards into meadows of wildflowers (though some homeowners' associations forbid that).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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One particular enemy of Gauguin’s was Bishop Martin, a Catholic priest on Hiva Oa who did his best to stomp out local custom, forbidding tattooing, Polynesian dancing, and the customary practice of polyandry.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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The bill also bans interest payments on stablecoins and imposes strict anti-money-laundering and sanctions compliance, with restrictions on executives with financial crime convictions.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Schaumburg, for example, allows low-speed e-bikes on the same paths as traditional bikes, but Highland Park has banned some of those same bikes from its trails.—
Paulina Czupryna,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The Socialist Reich Party (SRP), a successor to the Nazi Party, was outlawed in 1952.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
6 July 2025
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The United States outlawed ibogaine in 1967 along with other psychotropic drugs.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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“Prohibit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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