"preclude" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

subtypes:
- inhibit - prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something
- make unnecessary, save - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- block, halt, kibosh, stop - stop from happening or developing
same as: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent
is a type of: eliminate, obviate, rid of - do away with

same as: close out, rule out