Synonyms:
forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
Meaning: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
Usage examples
Prohibit the killing of squirrels as "game."
The state should prohibit the use of machine guns in hunting.
Prohibit the sale of all native wild game; but promote the sale of preserve-bred game.
For good reasons, forty states of the American Union strictly prohibit the killing of song and insectivorous birds.
Under these circumstances, Congress, on taking charge of these countries, did not absolutely prohibit slavery within them.
Non-intervention then meant, as the debates show, that Congress should neither prohibit nor establish slavery in the Territories.