forbade

[fer-bad, -beyd, fawr-] / fərˈbæd, -ˈbeɪd, fɔr- /

VERB

outlaw, prohibit an action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban block cancel censor deny deprive disallow enjoin exclude freeze halt hinder impede inhibit oppose preclude prevent proscribe restrain restrict rule out stop

STRONG

check debar embargo forestall forfend interdict nix obstruct obviate spike stymie taboo veto withhold

WEAK

declare illegal hold up lock up put the chill on say no shut down shut out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add admit advance aid allow approve assist continue encourage facilitate forward free go help include let go permit push release support welcome

WEAK

authorize sanction

Example Sentences

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England’s king forbade English ships from providing any relief.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Gandhi began his salt march he forbade women from joining, but several female leaders eventually convinced him to accord them a greater role.

From BBC

She was one of many party members prosecuted “under the notorious Smith Act,” the marker says, which forbade any attempts to advocate, abet or teach the violent destruction of the U.S. government.

From Washington Times

Self-segregation dilutes the “unifying experience” of graduation while ironically evoking past practices that “forbade Black participation,” said Curtis T. Hill, a Republican and former attorney general of Indiana.

From Washington Times

In 1953, when Charles’s mother, Elizabeth II, was crowned, the Church of England forbade the appointment of women as bishops — a ban that remained until 2014.

From Washington Post