- transitive verb
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- to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. [Webster]
- noun
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- the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction [Webster]
- verb
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- to prohibit especially by legal means [Taisha]
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