PRECLUDE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • keep from happening or arising
   • have the effect of preventing
   Synonym(s)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
   Hyponym(s)
   • save (what does save mean?)
   • make unnecessary (what does make unnecessary mean?)
   • debar (what does debar mean?)
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • deflect (what does deflect mean?)
   • avert (what does avert mean?)
   • head off (what does head off mean?)
   • stave off (what does stave off mean?)
   • fend off (what does fend off mean?)
   • avoid (what does avoid mean?)
   • ward off (what does ward off mean?)
   • obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   • stymie (what does stymie mean?)
   • stymy (what does stymy mean?)
   • embarrass (what does embarrass mean?)
   • thwart (what does thwart mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • scotch (what does scotch mean?)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • frustrate (what does frustrate mean?)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • halt (what does halt mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • kibosh (what does kibosh mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make impossible, especially beforehand
   Synonym(s)
   • close out (what does close out mean?)
   • rule out (what does rule out mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) preclude is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • rid of (what does rid of mean?)
   • eliminate (what does eliminate mean?)