noun
- The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
- synonyms: blackball
verb
- Prevent from entering; keep out.
- usage: "He was barred from membership in the club"
- Render unsuitable for passage.
- usage: "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
- Expel, as if by official decree.
- usage: "he was banished from his own country"
- Secure with, or as if with, bars.
- usage: "He barred the door"
- synonyms: bar
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