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[ verb ] prevent from entering; shut out
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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