foreclose
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This does not, of course, foreclose another question: Does the book add anything of additional value—defining the term, loosely, to include perspective and narrative fluency?
But circumstances can change, and a permanent prohibition against Ukrainian membership would foreclose a step that may become necessary.
It forecloses judicial enforcement of that provision, such as might occur when a party is prosecuted by an insurrectionist and raises a defense on that score.
From New York Times
"I'm aware of them," says Picard, to which Data asks: "Would it then be accurate to say that terrorism is acceptable when all options for peaceful settlement have been foreclosed?"
From BBC
“We would reach the same conclusion even if Department of Justice policy did not foreclose criminal charges against a sitting president.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
