debar
verb (used with object)
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition.
had debarred
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past perfectof debar.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The U.N. suspended work with Glocoms in 2013 after a reporter informed it that the World Bank had debarred the company.
From Washington Post β Sep. 23, 2016
He looked upon his brother as a thwarted romantic, whose sophistication had debarred him from finding a natural outlet in religion.
From Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith
Mrs. Warrener, for a two minutes' delay in an appointment, had debarred me her Whistlers for a year.
From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather
Truth to tell, most of them did feel very sorry for Wallace and the other boys whose parents had debarred them from all this pleasure before them.
From The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by George A. Warren
He preferred the latter, and was once more at the hotel, where he dedicated the remainder of the day to thinking of his old friends, as fate had debarred him from seeing them.
From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Frederick Marryat
