ban
Other forms: banned; banning; bans; bani
The verb to ban means to forbid something from being or happening. The word can also be used as a noun. A school board might put a ban on all books that refer to Jefferson's mistress if they don't want anyone reading about her.
If your parents are upset by how much time you spend online, they might ban computers in the house. But if you're smart, you can just use your phone or laptop at school. To ban something is to put a ban on it. Something with a ban on it is said to be banned. A ban can vary from your grandmother's ban on people wearing shoes in her house to a government's ban on printing certain stories in the newspaper.
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prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
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forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
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censor
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embargo
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
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criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw
declare illegal; outlaw
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embargo
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expel from a community or group
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ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
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an official prohibition or edict against something
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banning, forbiddance, forbidding
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test ban
a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
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prohibition
refusal to approve or assent to
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test ban
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a decree that prohibits something
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prohibition, proscription
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banning-order
an order that bans something
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cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
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interdict, interdiction
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
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mandatory injunction
injunction requiring the performance of some specific act
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final injunction, permanent injunction
injunction issued on completion of a trial
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interlocutory injunction, temporary injunction
injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over
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100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
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Moldovan monetary unit
monetary unit in Moldova
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Moldovan monetary unit
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100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
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Romanian monetary unit
monetary unit in Romania
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Romanian monetary unit
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