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precluded

[ pri-kloo-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

prevented or made impossible; disallowed or ruled out:
A company can "fairly dismiss" an employee without giving a reason, so long as the position does not fall into a precluded category under the law.
(of a person) excluded or debarred; shut out:
Literature by people of other races and cultures allows us to listen to these previously precluded voices of difference.

The warrants too often precluded the clients from securing shelter and services, and access to job programs.

He's right that it's "ridiculous" to assume that his poundage precluded a race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

It would have gotten him off the street, and nothing would have precluded the state police from further investigation.

Her refusal to just say she did it precluded her from simply saying she was sorry she did it, and she was twice denied clemency.

His tone precluded questions and run she did with the manager on her right.

Even Ellen forgot to sniff, and all set to with a vigor that rather precluded conversation.

Were the King and Privy Council to be precluded from inquiring into such complaints?

This disturbed him most, he was surprised to find, because it precluded his going forth in search of food.

Barnstable precluded any reply, by bowing to his captive, and turning away to superintend the management of his vessels.

The lightness of his army's equipment precluded the possibility of pursuit; its strength secured it an almost undisputed passage.

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