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Verb
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
Present participle for to refuse, or to vote against
Present participle for to put an end to, especially formally
Present participle for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
Present participle for to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer
Present participle for to halt an activity or task temporarily
Noun
The process of excluding or ruling out something (or someone)
An official or legal prohibition or interdiction
Preposition
Except for
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to exclude or reject as a candidate or possibility
excluding
discarding
discounting
dismissing
eliminating
barring
debarring
excepting
abolishing
averting
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
disallowing
forbidding
forestalling
forfending
obviating
precluding
preventing
prohibiting
proscribing
recanting
rejecting
revoking
suspending
banning
bating
deterring
counting out
leaving out
closing out
freezing out
warding off
not considering
shutting out
forgetting about
putting paid to
closing one's doors to
interdicting
blocking
stopping
vetoing
refusing
inhibiting
nixing
staving off
denying
embargoing
heading off
outlawing
disqualifying
avoiding
restraining
tabooing
fending off
halting
giving the thumbs down to
putting a stop to
hindering
blackballing
impeding
declining
omitting
thwarting
restricting
negativing
checking
disapproving
reprobating
repudiating
obstructing
foiling
withholding
saying no to
turning down
throwing out
giving the red light to
boycotting
enjoining
disentitling
ostracizing
US
blacking
banishing
rebuffing
ignoring
disregarding
making illegal
estopping
frustrating
negating
spurning
opposing
ostracising
UK
intercepting
passing
balking at
deselecting
throwing over
knocking back
helping
setting aside
passing over
nipping in the bud
passing up
exiling
depriving
invalidating
expelling
disenabling
hampering
defending against
holding off
foreclosing
blacklisting
deflecting
declaring ineligible
keeping out
locking out
removing
criminalizing
US
arresting
disabling
discontinuing
interrupting
baulking
UK
freezing
giving thumbs down to
shooting down
placing an embargo on
making impossible
getting rid of
counteracting
putting an end to
giving something a miss
discountenancing
shutting off
criminalising
UK
countering
balking
US
putting an embargo on
making it impossible for
keeping off
turning aside
passing on
holding back
cutting out
diverting
keeping lid on
exempting
ruling against
saying ‘no’ to
prohibiting from entering
declaring incapable
preventing the occurrence of
factoring out
shutting out of
limiting
circumventing
overriding
shunting
shoving aside
discluding
curbing
disbarring
sidelining
occluding
staying
dampening
keeping
damping
chilling
pre-empting
saving
chillin
cooling
turning off
letting
dooming
sentencing
taking away
leaving out of account
doing away with
marking off
getting round
making unnecessary
weeding out
dropping
censoring
shutting down
declaring illegal
saying no
putting the kibosh on
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
retarding
repressing
anticipating
staving
keeping at bay
discharging
waiving
unfitting
crosses out
shutting the door on
incapacitating
repulsing
impairing
paralyzing
US
weakening
eighty-sixing
not making the cut
paralysing
UK
disfranchising
forgoing
evicting
covering
enjoining from
giving the brush-off to
turning thumbs down
begrudging
standing in the way
hiding
concealing
masking
veiling
shrouding
secluding
closing
screening
blockading
keeping at arm's length
blocking out
fencing off
beleaguering
forefending
hanging up
tying up
bottling up
killing
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
zinging
stymieing
holding up
putting down
locking up
corking
boxing in
putting half nelson on
spiking
jamming up
voting against
quitting
warding
ceasing
snubbing
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
refusing to employ
considering undesirable
steering clear of
putting on hit list
standing in the way of
refusing admission to
giving the cold shoulder to
refusing entrance to
leaving out in the cold
hamstringing
slowing down
delaying
encumbering
interfering with
handicapping
crippling
slowing
fettering
cutting off
shackling
stonewalling
contravening
crimping
trammelling
trammeling
stalling
cramping
hobbling
cumbering
setting back
disrupting
constraining
preempting
derailing
baffling
clogging
handcuffing
keeping back
slowing up
getting in the way
throwing a spanner in the works
hog-tying
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
dissuading from
detaining
scotching
braking
neutralizing
US
scuppering
parrying
discomfiting
manacling
rattling
borking
interfering
embarrassing
neutralising
UK
choking
picking off
making late
getting in before
short-circuiting
putting a brake on
beating someone to the draw
second-guessing
closing off
stealing a march on
getting ahead of
providing against
screwing up
lousing up
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
fouling up
sparing
reprieving
freeing
absolving
dispensing
subduing
commandeering
curtailing
bottlenecking
preparing for
heading off at pass
burdening
muzzling
crabbing
resisting
postponing
retardating
keeping waiting
deferring
protracting
pausing
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
shelving
remitting
proroguing
causing to wait
causing to stay
intermitting
prolonging
holding
confining
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
choking off
holding over
bogging down
taking down
backing off
putting off
obscuring
strangulating
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
ruining
scuttling
overturning
snookering
squashing
nullifying
repelling
suppressing
upsetting
confounding
damming
fazing
nobbling
checkmating
undoing
dashing
spoiling
outwitting
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
counterplotting
blanking
crossing
burying
doing for
disappointing
defeating
upsetting the applecart
beating down
messing up
cramping one's style
getting the better of
saddling with
taking wind out of sails
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the mockers on
giving a hard time
putting the stopper on
causing setback
more ❯
“He refused to
rule out
the possibility of a ballot for fresh industrial action.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse, or to vote against
vetoing
killing
rejecting
banning
disallowing
forbidding
prohibiting
blocking
interdicting
negativing
dismissing
outlawing
overruling
proscribing
barring
embargoing
quashing
throwing out
turning down
blackballing
boycotting
downing
nixing
nullifying
precluding
ruling against
squashing
stopping
burning
censuring
cutting
declining
defeating
denying
disapproving
discountenancing
dissenting
negating
passing
refusing
shooting down
placing an embargo on
declaring null and void
passing by
passing on
putting an end to
putting down
refusing permission to
throwing away
giving thumbs down
not going for
giving the red light to
putting a stop to
putting the kibosh on
giving the thumbs down to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put an end to, especially formally
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
annulling
rescinding
nullifying
repealing
invalidating
voiding
abolishing
abrogating
quashing
revoking
countermanding
aborting
negating
nulling
retracting
vacating
disannulling
discharging
dissolving
overruling
overthrowing
remitting
breaking
overriding
recalling
recanting
withdrawing
abating
eliminating
extinguishing
obviating
redlining
refuting
repudiating
retiring
avoiding
belaying
counterchecking
counterpoising
discarding
ignoring
redressing
suppressing
taking back
turfing
declaring invalid
rendering null and void
rolling back
declaring null and void
doing away with
rendering invalid
striking down
rendering inert
putting an end to
setting aside
going back on your word
wiping slate clean
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
retracting
recanting
withdrawing
repudiating
renouncing
reneging
abjuring
repealing
forswearing
reversing
unsaying
disavowing
disclaiming
abnegating
revoking
recalling
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
disowning
denying
rescinding
retreating
foreswearing
countermanding
annulling
retroceding
withcalling
apologising
UK
apologizing
US
retrograding
receding
welshing
suspending
eliminating
excluding
taking back
backing off
backing down
going back on
reneging on
backing out
falling back
eating your words
backtracking on
drawing back
backing out of
calling off
changing mind
doing an about-turn on
doing a U-turn on
changing one's tune
forgetting it
rowing back on
having change of heart
Verb
▲
Present participle for to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer
deleting
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
erasing
removing
deleing
eliding
cutting
eliminating
expunging
scrubbing
killing
omitting
scrapping
scratching
effacing
excising
obliterating
annulling
destroying
dropping
excluding
rubbing
editing
snipping
squelching
trimming
squashing
eradicating
unpublishing
bleeping
cleaning
decontaminating
sanitising
UK
sanitizing
US
scoring
sterilising
UK
sterilizing
US
striking
terminating
striking out
crosses out
scratching out
blue-pencilling
blue-penciling
editing out
rubbing out
stroking out
wiping out
cutting out
scoring out
blotting out
taking out
putting a line through
inking out
blacking out
whiting out
cleaning up
passing up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to halt an activity or task temporarily
suspending
postponing
delaying
deferring
shelving
adjourning
tabling
proroguing
rescheduling
mothballing
staying
pigeonholing
interrupting
retarding
holding
recessing
intermitting
protracting
prorogating
procrastinating
checking
withholding
disbanding
filing
waiving
barring
inactivating
putting off
holding over
putting back
putting on ice
holding off
holding up
holding in abeyance
putting aside
laying over
putting in cold storage
putting on hold
laying on the table
taking a rain check on
putting on the back burner
laying aside
hanging fire
calling a halt to
keeping in abeyance
putting on back burner
putting in abeyance
hanging up
counting out
staving off
putting on the shelf
Noun
▲
The process of excluding or ruling out something (or someone)
exclusion
preclusion
elimination
omission
removal
discarding
dropping
noninclusion
precluding
cut
factoring out
leaving out
non-inclusion
erasure
expunction
excluding
rejection
exception
deletion
barring
excision
cutting out
expulsion
segregation
absence
nonjoinder
passing over
keeping out
disqualification
canceling
US
withholding
omitting
cancelling
UK
discard
not including
not naming
withdrawal
ejection
dismissal
repudiation
debarment
excepting
excusing
disallowment
taking away
elision
expunging
obliteration
cancelation
US
cutting
loss
remotion
scoring
cancellation
UK
crossing out
more ❯
Noun
▲
An official or legal prohibition or interdiction
bar
ban
embargo
interdiction
prohibition
banning
barring
injunction
proscription
forbiddance
interdict
restriction
constraint
disallowance
moratorium
outlawing
veto
taboo
making illegal
boycott
refusal
don't
prevention
negation
obstruction
repudiation
no-no
off limits
out of bounds
disqualification
exclusion
temperance
restraining order
forbidding
prohibiting
interdicting
proscribing
enjoining
vetoing
inhibition
disallowing
embargoing
tabooing
sanction
stoppage
court order
rejection
debarment
suppression
order
gagging order
barrier
denial
disentitlement
block
thumbs down
limitation
turndown
censorship
exclusion order
writ
nonconsent
thou-shalt-not
disapproval
elimination
knock-back
rahui
ruling
summons
gag
pass
disenablement
legal ruling
withholding
ineligibility
red light
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
nix
enjoinment
failure to grant
restraint
check
avoidance
shunning
blockage
hindrance
impediment
disablement
gag order
anathema
decree
curb
deterrent
dismissal
tapu
tariff
stricture
declination
measure
invalidity
coercive measures
non-acceptance
coercive measure
debarring
preclusion
disbarring
official forbiddance
blockade
unsuitability
unfitness
blackball
censure
negative
notice
lack of entitlement
lack of legal right
incapacity
more ❯
Preposition
▲
Except for
exclusive of
excepting
excluding
except
barring
save
besides
bar
saving
but
beside
outside
without
omitting
bating
debarring
restricting
except for
apart from
other than
aside from
outside of
not including
not counting
leaving aside
with the exception of
but for
leaving out
save for
short of
beyond
forbye
with the exclusion of
with the omission of
disregarding
discounting
to the exclusion of
passing over
if there are no
if there is no
minus
if not
exempting
if not for
in addition to
as well as
over and above
without going so far as
in any other way than
to say nothing of
not to mention
more ❯
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