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31preclude — /prakl(y)uwd/ Estop. To prohibit or prevent from doing something; e.g. injunction …
32Precluded — Preclude Pre*clude , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precluding}.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae before + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v.] 1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.… …
33Precluding — Preclude Pre*clude , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precluding}.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae before + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v.] 1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.… …
34preclusion — preclude ► VERB ▪ prevent (something) from happening or (someone) from doing something. DERIVATIVES preclusion noun. ORIGIN Latin praecludere shut off, impede …
35international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
36prevent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. preclude, hinder, stop, check, impede, forestall, avert, restrain, prohibit. See prohibition, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. preclude, obviate, forestall, avert, anticipate, block, arrest, stop …
37prevent — 1 Prevent, anticipate, forestall can mean to be or get ahead of or to deal with beforehand, with reference especially to a thing s due time or to its actual occurrence or to the action of another. Prevent implies frustration (as of an intention… …
38bar — 1 / bär/ n often attrib 1 a: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench 1, dock …
39obviate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. preclude, debar. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. preclude, forestall, block; see hinder , prevent , restrain 1 . See Synonym Study at prevent . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. preclude,… …
40United States House Select Committee on Assassinations — The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations was established in 1976 to investigate the John F. Kennedy assassination and the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. The Committee investigated until 1978, and in… …