"barring" in the noun sense

1. barring, blackball

the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

"barring" in the verb sense

1. bar, debar, exclude

prevent from entering keep out

"He was barred from membership in the club"

2. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar

render unsuitable for passage

"block the way"

"barricade the streets"

"stop the busy road"

3. banish, relegate, bar

expel, as if by official decree

"he was banished from his own country"

4. bar

secure with, or as if with, bars

"He barred the door"

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