Verb
- 1. prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
- usage: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
- 2. foreclose, reclaim, repossess
- usage: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
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