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Bar (Verb)

Secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The organization decided to bar anyone who had been convicted of a felony from membership.
Several countries have been barred from international competitions due to allegations of doping.
The company was barred from operating in the state after numerous complaints about their business practices.
He was barred from re-entering the nightclub after causing a disturbance earlier that night.
The court barred the firm from selling its new product after it was found to have infringed on an existing patent.

Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road".