DEBAR (debarred, debarring)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does debar mean? 

• DEBAR (verb)
  The verb DEBAR has 3 senses:

1. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
3. prevent from entering; keep out

  Familiarity information: DEBAR used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEBAR (verb)

Meaning:

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

debar; suspend

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

"Debar" entails doing...:

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "debar"):

rusticate; send down (suspend temporarily from college or university, in England)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Meaning:

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ward off; stave off; head off; fend off; deflect; avert; debar; obviate; avoid

Context examples:

Let's avoid a confrontation / head off a confrontation / avert a strike

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Prevent from entering; keep out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bar; debar; exclude

Context example:

He was barred from membership in the club

Hypernyms (to "debar" is one way to...):

disallow; forbid; interdict; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP