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preclude
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synonyms: obviate, forestall, proscribe, interdict, forfend ???
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Definition:(transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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I have heard more than a little hissing and roaring through the factory door, but my presently somewhat enervated condition precludes a descent into that particular inferno at the moment.
John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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The attachment he felt to Anna precluded in his heart every need of intimate relations with others.
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With the precision and definiteness customary in addressing prisoners, and which is supposed to preclude human frailty, Pierre like the others was questioned as to who he wasLeo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 12 (Book Twelve)
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