prohibit
IPA: proʊhˈɪbʌt
verb
- (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
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Examples of "prohibit" in Sentences
- The cost would be prohibitive.
- This is prohibitively expensive.
- Perfusing the liquid is prohibited.
- This is the contract of prohibition.
- Motorboats are prohibited in the lake.
- The prohibition was upheld by the court.
- The enslavement of Indians was prohibited.
- The selling of the product was prohibited.
- The photography in the museum is prohibited.
- Entering the mineshaft is difficult but not prohibited.