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 ● Sep. 23, 2016
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
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
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
It was not that which had debarred him from her, nor was it for that that she had once placed her hand in his.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Edgar Saltus
