Verb
- 1. bar, debar, exclude, forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
- usage: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
- 2. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
- usage: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
- 3. banish, relegate, bar, expel, throw out, kick out
- usage: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
- 4. bar, fasten, fix, secure
- usage: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"
Adjective
- 1. barricaded, barred, blockaded, obstructed (vs. unobstructed)
- usage: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor"
- 2. barred, marked (vs. unmarked)
- usage: marked with stripes or bands
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