banning

Speech parts

1. banning - Noun

2. banning - Verb

Derived from ban

4. Banning - Proper noun

Meaning

of Ban

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ban forbidding forbiddance prevention stop block bar rejection refusal restriction prohibition veto exclude prohibit interception

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Antonyms

commission fiat liberty deliverance amnesty medallion

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Hypernyms

prohibition

Phrases with the word

order banning publication nuclear weapons banning banning order for nuclear weapons

Examples

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. Robert Mugabe

Why can't a Democrat get fired up about protecting the environment and enacting gun control legislation just as right wing republicans get fired up about making sure that children have access to assault weapons and banning 'The catcher in the rye' and 'Harry Potter? Moby

They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed. Bill Maher

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading. Isaac Asimov

Conversely, banning this book would send a signal that the present establishment will do what it can to prevent Hinduism from rising up, from regaining self-confidence, from facing the challenge of hostile ideologies. Koenraad Elst

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them. Anna Quindlen

Close letter words and terms

bannimus banninate bannination banning order for nuclear weapons banning-order bannister