preclude
IPA: prɪkɫˈud
verb
- (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
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Examples of "preclude" in Sentences
- This would preclude the use of the dictionary.
- The result of the AfD did not preclude merging.
- The presence of one does not preclude the other.
- His tone was so lugubrious as to preclude laughing.
- The channel is formed to preclude kinking of the tube.
- Would the deletion of the category preclude the debate
- It doesn't preclude anything in the rest of the article.
- Thus foreknowledge of the future precludes predetermination.
- The involvement in the editing disputes precludes neutrality.
- Does the scientific method preclude the existence of controversy