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ban

verb

1 Norway banned all tobacco advertising in 1975:

prohibit, forbid, veto, proscribe, disallow, outlaw, make illegal, embargo, place an embargo on, bar, debar, block, stop, put a stop to, put an end to, suppress, interdict;

Law enjoin, restrain.

▷antonyms permit.

2 Gary was banned from the playground:

exclude, banish, expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove, get rid of, drum out, thrust out, push out, turn out;

prohibit from entering;

informal boot out, kick out, give someone the boot;

British, informal turf out.

▷antonyms admit.

noun

1 a total ban on smoking:

prohibition, veto, proscription, embargo, bar, suppression, stoppage, interdict, interdiction, moratorium, injunction.

▷antonyms permission.

2 he faced a possible ban from international soccer:

exclusion, banishment, expulsion, ejection, eviction, removal.

▷antonyms admission.

choose the right word	ban, forbid, prohibit
See forbid.