foreclose

Verb

Meaning

To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prevent forbid preclude forestall black avoid enter block bar ban eliminate veto exclude seize prohibit
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Antonyms

slack number place cause constant stand
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Hypernyms

reclaim repossess

Hyponyms

scotch queer avoid stop block cross

Related terms

preclude forestall

Derivatives

foreclosed foreclosing

Examples

None of us sees history fully; none of us is adequately aware of how the arrangements of the present moment foreclose the possibilities of others to fully live their only lives. Garth Greenwell

My sense of tact forbids an honest answer Source: Internet

Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project Source: Internet

Because of the absence of legal representation for the defence, prosecution counsel, M.S. Abubakar asked the court to foreclose the right of the defendant for a defence to the testimonies against him. Source: Internet

Now (((They))) are making up a plague as an excuse to rob you of your business, foreclose on your home and sell you into slavery to the Chinese, while (((They))) feast on gourmet ice cream and matzah made from aborted fetuses. Source: Internet

Do you think people should have a right to a job, a home, education and health care (socialism), or that the rich should have the right to fire, evict, foreclose, underfund the schools and deny medical care (capitalism)?" Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

foreclaim foreclaw foreclosable forecloseable foreclosee forecloser