rule out

rule out
Synonyms and related words:
abscind, amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bate, blot, blot out, bob, cancel, clip, close out, count out, crop, cross out, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, deflect, dele, delete, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, disenable, dishearten, disqualify, dock, efface, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, erase, estop, except, excise, exclude, exclude from, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help, inhibit, interdict, isolate, keep from, keep off, knock off, lop, make impossible, mutilate, nip, obliterate, obviate, outlaw, pare, peel, pick out, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, prune, raze, refuse, reject, repel, repress, root out, rub out, save, say no to, scratch, scratch out, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shut out, sponge, sponge out, stamp out, stave off, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, suppress, suspend, taboo, take off, take out, truncate, turn aside, ward, ward off, wipe out

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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