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[ verb ] prevent from entering; shut out

Synonyms

exclude shut_out shut

Examples

"The trees were shutting out all sunlight" "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

Used in print

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

But now we can keep it out no_longer , because we have come into a time when `` it invades our experience at every moment .

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

Radio reception is cut_down by the shielding necessary to keep_out radiation .

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