1. (

• barring ,
• blackball

) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto ;

1. (

• bar ,
• debar ,
• exclude ,

) prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" ;

2. (

• barricade ,
• block ,
• blockade ,
• stop ,
• block_off ,
• block_up ,
• bar

) render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" ;

3. (

• banish ,
• relegate ,
• bar

) expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" ;

4. (

• bar ,

) secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" ;