forbade

Also for·bad

[fer-bad, -beyd, fawr-]

verb

1. a simple past tense of forbid.

forbade

/ fəˈbæd, -ˈbeɪd, fəˈbæd /

verb

1. the past tense of forbid

Example Sentences

The 1964 Civil Rights Act forbade discrimination in public spaces, like Woolworth counters, while connecting this to hiring freedom from discrimination by establishing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Southern Water, the local utility, promptly forbade Schwarzman’s watering operation, saying it broke the spirit—though not the letter—of drought rules that allowed water to be tapped for construction.

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Organizers forbade several of their key moves as their brusque victories weren’t telegenic.

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Once upon a time, in places like pre-Civil War Virginia and North Carolina, the law forbade enslaved people from gathering for any reason, even to worship.

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In the 1950s, when I-70 was being built, federal rules forbade using government money to connect a free road directly to a toll road.

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Related Words

• ban 
• block 
• cancel 
• censor 
• deny 
• deprive 
• disallow 
• enjoin 
• exclude 
• freeze 
• halt 
• hinder 
• impede 
• inhibit 
• oppose 
• preclude 
• prevent 
• proscribe 
• restrain 
• restrict