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foreclose

[fawr-klohz, fohr-] / fɔrˈkloʊz, foʊr- /
VERB
exclude
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STRONG


VERB
take away the right to redeem a mortgage
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Higher prices will foreclose the chances of the over-indebted European countries’ growing their way out of their debt problem.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

But circumstances can change, and a permanent prohibition against Ukrainian membership would foreclose a step that may become necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

"To hold otherwise would be to completely foreclose the further development of music in that genre or for that purpose."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Within a year and a half, she’d fallen behind and Vanderbilt was trying to foreclose on both her home and the family-owned land she used to secure the mortgage, the suit said.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

Hospital bills arrived daily; the uninsured roofer had sent a lawyer after them, as had Grover, who stood ready to foreclose.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen



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