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debar

de·bar [ dee br ] (past and past participle de·barred, present participle de·bar·ring, 3rd person present singular de·bars)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
exclude somebody: to exclude somebody from entering or taking part in something

[15th century. < Old French desbarrer< barrer "to bar"]

de·bar·ment noun
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