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The synonyms of “Ban” are: censor, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun, 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, exclude, expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove, get rid of, drum out, thrust out, push out, turn out, banning, forbiddance, forbidding, prohibition, proscription, bachelor of arts in nursing, suppression, stoppage, interdiction, moratorium, injunction, exclusion, banishment, expulsion, ejection, eviction, removal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ban” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| bachelor of arts in nursing | A man who has never been married. |
| banishment | The punishment of being sent away from a country or other place. His banishment to the political wilderness. |
| banning | An official prohibition or edict against something. |
| bar | Barristers collectively. The oak panelled bar of the Lion. |
| ejection | The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. The ejection of troublemakers by the police. |
| embargo | An official ban on any activity. An arms embargo. |
| eviction | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. The forced eviction of residents. |
| exclusion | The state of being excluded. Exclusions can be added to your policy. |
| expulsion | The act of forcing out someone or something. Oxytocin causes expulsion of milk from the lactating mammary gland. |
| forbiddance | An official prohibition or edict against something. He ignored his parents forbiddance. |
| forbidding | An official prohibition or edict against something. |
| injunction | A judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or compelling a person to carry out a certain act, e.g. to make restitution to an injured party. Injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order. |
| interdict | A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity. A papal interdict. |
| interdiction | The action of intercepting and preventing the movement of a prohibited commodity or person. Air ground and naval interdictions. |
| moratorium | Suspension of an ongoing activity. The debt was to be subject to a five year moratorium. |
| prohibition | The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US. |
| proscription | The action of forbidding something; banning. He plays a the priest whose moral proscriptions lead only to catastrophe. |
| removal | The transfer of furniture and other contents when moving house. He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy. |
| stoppage | A knockout. One machine gun crew had a stoppage. |
| suppression | Prevention of electrical interference. The suppression of heresy. |
| veto | A rejection by right of veto. Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the Act. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ban” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| banish | Get rid of (something unwanted. A number of people were banished to Siberia for political crimes. |
| bar | Fasten something especially a door or window with a bar or bars. The job she loved had been barred to her. |
| blackball | Expel from a community or group. Her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club. |
| block | Shape into a block or blocks. You are blocking the name of your first wife. |
| cast out | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
| censor | Subject to political religious or moral censorship. The report had been censored in the national interest. |
| debar | Prevent from entering; keep out. They were debarred entry to the port. |
| disallow | Refuse to declare valid. He was offside and the goal was disallowed. |
| drive out | Push, propel, or press with force. |
| drum out | Play a percussion instrument. |
| eject | Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He ejected the spent cartridge. |
| embargo | Seize (a ship or goods) for state service. All of these countries have been embargoed by the US. |
| evict | Expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law. A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home. |
| exclude | Expel (a pupil) from school. The bad results were excluded from the report. |
| expel | Force (someone) to leave a place. He was expelled from his native country. |
| forbid | (of a circumstance or quality) make (something) impossible; prevent. I can see why phones were forbidden. |
| force out | Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably. |
| get rid of | Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. |
| interdict | Command against. Society will never interdict sex. |
| make illegal | Consider as being. |
| ostracise | Avoid speaking to or dealing with. |
| ostracize | Expel from a community or group. Ever since I spoke up my colleagues ostracize me. |
| oust | Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place. The word processor has ousted the typewriter. |
| outlaw | Declare illegal outlaw. He lost the estate in 1626 having been outlawed for non payment of debts. |
| place an embargo on | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
| prohibit | (of a fact or situation) make (something) impossible; prevent. All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited. |
| proscribe | Forbid, especially by law. Certain customary practices which the Catholic Church proscribed such as polygyny. |
| push out | Press against forcefully without moving. |
| put a stop to | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
| put an end to | Adapt. |
| remove | Remove something concrete as by lifting pushing or taking off or remove something abstract. Customs officials removed documents from the premises. |
| shun | Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution. He shunned fashionable society. |
| stop | Come to a halt stop moving. He stopped work for tea. |
| suppress | Prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction. She could not suppress a rising panic. |
| thrust out | Press or force. |
| turn out | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. |
| veto | Exercise a veto against a decision or proposal. The President vetoed the bill. |
| banned | Forbidden by law. |
| bootleg | Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol. Bootleg cassettes. |
| censor | Subject to political religious or moral censorship. The report had been censored in the national interest. |
| coeducation | Education of men and women in the same institutions. |
| contraband | Distributed or sold illicitly. Customs men had searched the carriages for contraband. |
| defiance | Open resistance; bold disobedience. The demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings. |
| disallow | Command against. He was offside and the goal was disallowed. |
| discouraged | Made less hopeful or enthusiastic. Felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem. |
| forbid | Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. The cliffs forbid any easy turning movement. |
| forbidden | Denoting or involving a transition between two quantum-mechanical states that does not conform to some selection rule, especially for electric dipole radiation. Forbidden fruit. |
| illegalize | Declare illegal; outlaw. |
| impermissible | Not permitted or allowed. Their refusal to discuss the issue is impermissible. |
| importation | The introduction of an idea from a different place or context. The government takes a tough stance on illegal drug importation. |
| inhibit | To put down by force or authority. They felt inhibited by the presence of healthcare professionals. |
| inhibition | The conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires. The inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve. |
| instantaneously | Instantly; at once. Soldiers must be ready to react instantaneously. |
| interdict | Command against. Army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments. |
| interdiction | Authoritative prohibition. Air ground and naval interdictions. |
| outright | Without any delay. An outright refusal. |
| pessimistic | Expecting the worst possible outcome. He was pessimistic about the prospects. |
| preclude | (of a situation or condition) prevent someone from doing something. His difficulties preclude him from leading a normal life. |
| prohibit | Command against. He is prohibited from becoming a director. |
| prohibition | A decree that prohibits something. They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter. |
| prohibitionist | A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages. |
| prohibitory | Tending to discourage (especially of prices. |
| proscribe | Denounce or condemn. Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces. |
| proscription | A decree that prohibits something. The proscription of the party after the 1715 Rebellion. |
| taboo | Place under a taboo. The burial ground was seen as a taboo place. |
| unauthorized | Not endowed with authority. Unauthorized access to the computer system. |
| unlicensed | (of premises) not having a licence for the sale of alcohol. Unlicensed weapons. |
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