HOW TO PRONOUNCE
prohibit
/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/
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What does prohibit mean?
verb
- To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
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Governments that are the greatest blessing to its citizens are those who can prohibit, or abolish the most sin or crime.
I fervently hoped that the new arbitration law would prohibit in Chicago forever more such brutal and ineffective methods of settling industrial disputes.
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These sexual questions are guarded by a holy irascibility, and the most violent efforts are made--with a sense of complete righteousness--to prohibit their discussion.
Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland?
Shall Christians stand aloof from enacting laws to prohibit stealing for fear of infringing on the liberty of individual thieves?