ban has definitions from the fields of law,writing,education,criminal law
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[ verb ] prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure

Examples

"Smoking is banned in this building"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore]...)

Mr._Schaefer also recommended that the snow emergency route plan , under which parking is banned on key streets and cars are required to use snow_tires or chains on them , should be `` strictly enforced '' .

(Booth Hemingway and Stuart H. Brown,...)

All bottles must be kept a safe distance away from the pool and drinking_glasses are banned in favor of plastic or metal cups .

Related terms

forbid

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[ verb ] (law,criminal law) forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers

Synonyms

censor

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

And to keep athletes ' stomachs from getting jumpy under physical duress , he bans all highly flavored condiments .

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

Probably the best answer to this kind_of entering wedge is congressional action requiring the Federal Communications Commission to ban such advertising through its licensing power .

Related terms

outlaw embargo medium

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[ noun ] (law,writing) a decree that prohibits something

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

He thereby precipitated a bitter controversy involving Protestants , Jews and Roman_Catholics that continued for two months , until the city 's Board of Hospitals lifted the ban on birth-control therapy .

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[ verb ] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Synonyms

banish

Related terms

expel rusticate

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[ noun ] 100 bani equal 1 leu

Related terms

Romanian_monetary_unit leu

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[ verb ] expel from a community or group
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[ noun ] an official prohibition or edict against something

Related terms

prohibition test_ban forbid

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[ noun ] 100 bani equal 1 leu

Related terms

moldovan_monetary_unit

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[ noun ] (education) a bachelor's degree in nursing

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bachelor's_degree

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