as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the interdicting against bullying at school, along with stiff penalties, was long overdue
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as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists
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as in intercepting
to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course
federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country
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Verb
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Smith, who is now winding down both his cases against the president-elect due to a longstanding Department of Justice policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president, has not provided any details about the contents of his report.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2025 -
That has prompted states including Colorado, New York and California to enact legislation prohibiting medical debt from being included on residents' credit reports or factored into their credit scores.—
Noam Levey,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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Despite Ukraine's air defenses intercepting many of the missiles in Friday's attack, this has already wrought significant damage on Ukraine's capital, causing fires to break out in several areas, with authorities urging residents to remain in shelters.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Forecasts of the shortfall in electricity supply remain highly unreliable, largely due to the unpredictable nature of Russian missile strikes on energy infrastructure and varying success in intercepting the missiles.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.—
Kate Knibbs,
WIRED,
7 Jan. 2025
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The future, in itself, exerts an attractive force—not just the general future, with its bland procession of potential events, but the futuristic future, with its alluring, fascinating, and forbidding narrative turns.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2025
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Republicans have added a rider to the must-pass defense authorization bill, forbidding such care for minors.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Interdicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interdicting. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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