Debar

Definitions: Debar

Debar

Verb

1. Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

2. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".

3. Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club".

Date "debar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Note: Debar \De*bar"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Debarred; present participle verb or noun Debarring.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Debar

Synonyms: avert (v), avoid (v), bar (v), deflect (v), exclude (v), fend off (v), head off (v), obviate (v), stave off (v), suspend (v), ward off (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Hindrance	Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict.
Prohibition	Verb: prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop; bar; debar; (hinder), forefend.
Restraint	Verb: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar; (hinder); constrain; coerce; (compel); curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Debar

English words defined with "debar": Debarred, Debarring ♦ To suspend payment. (references)

Specialty definitions using "debar": Counter ♦ Hair. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Debar" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Indonesian (sensation of pulse beat).

"Debar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Debar" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	23	72,767

The following table summarizes the usage of "debar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Debar	Last name	200	33,963
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "debar": debar from ♦ debar from inheriting. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "debar": Lo-debar.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "debar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		refuzoj (decline, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, negative, override, overrule, rat, rebuff, refuse, reject, relinquish, renounce, spurn, throw over, thumb down, withhold), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), ia marr drejtë. (various references)

Arabic		‏منع (averting, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, deny, deprive, deter, estop, exclude, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, preclude, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), ‏حرم (abridge, ban, be bereaved, be forbidden, bereave, contraband, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, geld, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, rob, sacred, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), ‏حظر (ban, bar, embargo, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forewarn, kill, outlaw, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, suppress, taboo). (various references)

Bulgarian		възпирам (control, deter, enchain, interdict, prohibit, repress, restrain, retain, stay, swaddle), препречвам пътя. (various references)

Chinese		阻止 (Damped, Damping, Debarred, Debarring, Deter, Deterred, Deterring, forestall, Forestalled, forestalling, Preclude, Precluded, Precluding). (various references)

Czech		vylouèit (disqualify, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, negate, pip, preclude, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out). (various references)

Danish		forbud mod at konsolidere tolden ved internationale aftaler (to debar from binding customs duties by international agreements), forbud mod at binde tolden ved internationale aftaler (to debar from binding customs duties by international agreements). (various references)

Dutch		verbod om door middel van internationale overeenkomsten de douanerechten te consolideren (to debar from binding customs duties by international agreements). (various references)

Farsi		ممنوع کردن (Bar, Countermand, Prohibit), مانع شدن (Ail, Exclude, Hamper, Hinder, Holdup, Impede, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Resist, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), بازداشتن (Arrest, Bar, Bloc, Block, Contain, Detain, Deter, Encumber, Impede, Interdict, Prevent, Stay, Stow). (various references)

Finnish		sulkea pois (debar from, exclude, rule out). (various references)

French		défendre � faire, interdire. (various references)

German		verhindern (abash, abstract, avert, bar, circumvent, embarrass, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hinder, impede, inhibit, prevent, prohibit, restrain, save, stop, to circumvent, to forestall), verbieten (ban, forbad, forbid, forbidden, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, to forbid (forbad[e], to interdict), hindern (bar, be a hindrance, be disturbing, deter, hamper, hinder, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, stymie, to detain, to embarrass, to inhibit, to stymie). (various references)

Greek		αποκλείω (ban, blockade, cordon off, count out, eliminate, exclude, foreclose, preclude, seclude, shut out, to exclude). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"וציא מכלל (except). (various references)

Hungarian		kirekeszt (exclude, keep out, shut out, to debar, to disbar, to eliminate, to exclude, to shut out), elzár (close, cut off, dam, lock up, mew, obstruct, obturate, occlude, seclude, shut in, shut off, shut up, switch off, to block, to bung, to bung up, to caulk, to choke up, to clog, to confine, to debar, to immure, to list, to mew, to obliterate, to obturate, to occlude, to seclude, to shut away, to shut in, to shut off, to shut out, to strangulate, to turn off, turn off). (various references)

Indonesian		merintangi (embarrass, encumber, hamper, hinder, impede, incommode, obstruct), menghalang-halangi (balk, trammel, vex). (various references)

Italian		privare di, precludere (preclude), impedire (arrest, baffle, bar, check, circumvent, clog, detain, encumber, fetter, forestall, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, keep, obstruct, obviate, prevent, trammel), escludere (bar, disqualify, exclude, exclude one another, foreclose, leave out, rule out, to exclude). (various references)

Manx		tarmestey (ban, block, blocking, check, checkmate; stonewaller; discouragement, chip in, cross, cross annoy, encroachment, foil, frustrate, frustration, interdict, interdiction, interference, proscribe, proscription, taboo, thwart). (various references)

Pig Latin		ebarday.(various references)

Portuguese		privar (bereave, curtail, denudate, deprive, strip), negar (abnegate, contradict, deny, disavow, disclaimer, discreditable, disparage, gainsay, negate, negative, repudiate, sublate, to negate, whittle down, withhold), impedir (arrest, avert, balk, block, clash, clog, cramp, cumber, dam, delay, detain, embarrassed, estop, fetterless, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hinder, hobbledehoy, impede, intercept, interfere, let be, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put a stop, resist, restrain, set back, shackle, stop, thwart, trammel, withhold), excluir (bar, bar from, bar out, barrier off, delete, except for, exclude, exscind, foreclose, preclude, reserve, rule out, seclude, shut off, strike out, to exclude). (various references)

Romanian		priva de (bereave of, debar from, deprive smb. of smth., disrobe, divest, strip, widow of), exclude de la (debar from). (various references)

Russian		лишать права (disentitle, incapacitate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uskratiti (abridge, forbid, interdict), sprečiti (arrest, avert, balk, baulk, disenable, forestall, head off, hinder, impeach, impede, inhibit, keep from, preclude, prevent, scotch), odstraniti (do away, exclude, get rid of, remove), isključiti (deal out, declutch, disconnect, except, exclude, preclude, proscribe, rule out, shut out, turn off, unplug). (various references)

Spanish		vedar (veto), prohibir (ban, bar, clamp down, embargo, forbad, forbid, interdict, proclaim, prohibit, proscibe, put a ban on, taboo, tabu), excluir (bar, cut out, except, exclude, include out, keep out, preclude, reject, rule out, shut out, squeeze out, to exclude). (various references)

Swedish		utestänga (expel, foreclose, lock out, preclude). (various references)

Turkish		yoksun bırakmak (bereave, debar from, deny, deprive, dispossess, forgo, Rob, shear), yasaklamak (ban, bar, call off, clamp the lid on smth., embargo, enjoin, forbid, imprison, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, put a ban on, put one's foot down, put the lid on smth., put under a ban, put under a taboo, taboo, tabu), menetmek (ban, bar, constrain, disable, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, foreclose, interdict, prevent, prohobit, warn from, warn off), mahrum etmek (abridge, con smb. out of, debar from, deny, deprive, detain, dispossess, divest, divest smb. of, lose, mulct, oust, shear, spoil, starve, stint), engel olmak (baffle, balk, be in smb.'s road, bind, blanket, clip one's wings, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, intercept, interfere with, militate against, Nix, obstruct, oppose, prevent, prohibit, put a spoke in smb.'s wheel, put a stay on, put back, put off, scotch, shackle, thwart). (various references)

Ukranian		відмовляти (deny, disallow, discourage, malfunction, notice, persuade, refuse, say no, withhold), не допускати (deprive, shut out), перешкоджати (baffle, balk, bar, barrier in, baulk, block, check, clog, counteract, cumber, discourage, forbid, handicap, impede, inhibit, militate, prevent, set back, tie up, trammel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "debar": debark, debarkation, debarkations, debarked, debarking, debarks, debarment, debarments, debarred, debarring, debars. (additional references)
	Words ending with "debar": sidebar. (additional references)
	Words containing "debar": sidebars. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Debar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adelbrau, cebar, dabar, davar, Dawbarn, deair, deari, Deba, debac, deban, Debarge, debart, debas, debat, debau, Debbeh, debbi, debe, debeo, debi, debil, debmat, debo, debour, debra, debuf, debur, Deburr, Dedari, dejar, Delbaere, Delbard, denar, depar, Derab, Derber, Devar, diba, diban, Doba, dobar, dober, Dubrac, Dubrao, Dubrav, Dyba, ebar, Edbas, Edburg, Eibar, gebur, Jebir, kebar, webar, Xebra. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: ardeb, barde, bared, beard, bread.
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-r"
	-1 letter: abed, bade, bard, bare, bead, bear, brad, brae, bred, darb, dare, dear, drab, read.
	-2 letters: arb, are, bad, bar, bed, bra, dab, deb, ear, era, rad, reb, red.
	-3 letters: ab, ad, ae, ar, ba, be, de, ed, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-r"
	+1 letter: abider, abrade, adverb, ardebs, badder, badger, balder, bander, barbed, barded, bardes, barfed, barged, barked, barred, beards, blared, braced, braked, braved, brayed, brazed, breads, bready, dabber, dauber, debark, debars, garbed, redbay, sabred, serdab.
	+2 letters: abiders, abjured, aborted, abraded, abrader, abrades, abridge, adverbs, arbored, badgers, banders, bandore, bartend, bawdier, beadier, bearded, bedrail, bedrape, bedward, bedwarf, beeyard, beraked, berated, bewared, bladder, blander, bleared, boarded, boarder, borated, bracted, bradded, bragged, braided, braider, brailed, brained, braised, branded, brander, branned, brassed, bravoed, brawled, breaded, breadth, breamed, brigade, broaden, broader, brocade, carbide, crabbed, cudbear, dabbers, dabbler, dabster, darbies, daubers, daubery, daubier, debarks, debaser, debater, drabbed, drabber, drabbet, drabble, dryable, durable, forbade, garbled, grabbed, halberd, labored, marbled, rabbled, rambled, rebated, reboard, redbait, redbays, ridable, roadbed, rumbaed, sabered, seabird, serdabs, sidebar, tabered, tabored, tribade, warbled.
	+3 letters: abhorred, abraders, abridged, abridger, abridges, absorbed, absurder, adorable, adsorbed, adsorber, amberoid, arabized, arboured, ascribed, badgered, badgerly, bandager, banderol, bandores, bannered, bantered, barbered, barehead, barleduc, barraged, barreled, bartends, bartered, battered, bawdries, bayadeer, bayadere, beadroll, beadwork, bearding, bearwood, beavered, becoward, bedarken, bedchair, bedframe, bediaper, bedmaker, bedrails, bedraped, bedrapes, bedstraw, bedwards, bedwarfs, beebread, beeyards, beggared, berdache, bereaved, bermudas, bespread, betrayed, bewrayed, bidarkee, bigarade, bilander, biparted, birdcage, bladders, bladdery, boarders, boardmen, boneyard, bordeaux, brabbled, braiders, brailled, brambled, branched, branders, brandied, brandies, brattled, brazened, breached, breadbox, breading, breadnut, breadths, breasted, breathed, brigaded, brigades, broached, broadaxe, broadens, broadest, brocaded, brocades, bromated, calibred, cambered, carbides, carboyed, cudbears, dabblers, dabsters, daubries, daybreak, debarked, debarred, debasers, debaters, debonair, deverbal, diablery, diatribe, drabbest, drabbets, drabbled, drabbles, drabness, drapable, drawable, drawbore, drawtube, drivable, drumbeat, durables, embarked, embarred, embraced, endbrain, fordable, grabbled, gradable, halberds, harbored, imbarked, jabbered, keyboard, laboured, leeboard, librated, obdurate, pegboard, prebaked, probated, rabbeted, rabbited, radiable, rawboned, readable, readably, rebaited, reboards, redbaits, rehabbed, rhabdome, rhumbaed, rideable, roadbeds, seabirds, seaboard, sidebars, sowbread, subgrade, superbad, surbased, tabarded, taboured, teaboard, tradable, tribades, turbaned, unbarbed, unbarred, unbeared, unbraced, unbraked, vibrated, wardrobe, waterbed, yabbered.
	+4 letters: abandoner, aberrated, abradable, abreacted, abridgers, abrogated, absconder, absterged, absurdest, acerbated, admirable, adsorbate, adsorbent, adsorbers, adumbrate, adverbial, amberoids, arborized, awardable, backfired, bacteroid, badgering, balladeer, bandagers, banderole, banderols, bandoleer, bandolier, barbecued, barbequed, barefaced, bargained, barhopped, barleducs, barnacled, barracked, barrelled, barricade, bartended, bartender, baseboard, bayadeers, bayaderes, beadrolls, beadworks, beardless, bearwoods, becharmed, becowards, becrawled, bedarkens, bedchairs, bedframes, bediapers, bedmakers, bedraggle, bedraping, bedspread, bedstraws, bedwarfed, beebreads, begroaned, belabored, berdaches, besmeared, bespreads, beswarmed, bewearied, bewrapped, bidarkees, bigarades, bilanders, birdcages, birthdate, blabbered, blarneyed, blathered, blattered, blockader, bluebeard, boardlike, bombarded, boneyards, bordereau, boulevard, bracketed, bratticed, bravadoes, breadline, breadnuts, breakdown, brigadier, broadaxes, broadened, broadleaf, broadness, broadside, bromeliad, broodmare, buckramed, budgetary, bulwarked, burladero, bystander, cabdriver, carbamide, carbonade, cedarbird, chambered, clabbered, clambered, cornbread, dauberies, daybreaks, debarking, debarment, debarring, debaucher, derivable, desirable, desirably, diablerie, diatribes, disbarred, disembark, draftable, drapeable, drawbores, drawtubes, drillable, drinkable, driveable, droppable, drumbeats, embargoed, endbrains, endurable, endurably, firebrand, freebased, freeboard, gabardine, gaberdine, garderobe, graybeard, handlebar, harboured, headboard, hebraized, husbander, keyboards, kurbashed, leeboards, liberated, membraned, obcordate, obturated, orderable, outbarked, outbraved, overbaked, overboard, overbroad, parboiled, pegboards, prebendal, prefabbed, rabidness, reboarded, redbaited, redbreast, relabeled, rhabdomes, rudbeckia, sarabande, scrabbled, scrambled, seaboards, shadberry, shewbread, showbread, sideboard, slabbered, snakebird, sowbreads, streambed, subdermal, subgrades, tamboured, teaboards, trabeated, tradeable, turbanned, unabraded, unbraided, unbranded, unridable, upbraided, upbraider, urbanised, urbanized, wardrobes, waterbeds, waterbird, windbreak, zebrawood.
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