foreclose

Verbs

  • (v) keep from happening or arising; make impossible
    • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
    • Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
    forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid,
  • (v) subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage

Synonyms

forestall preclude prevent forbid

Words of close approximity