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foreclose

verb

1 foreclose

Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.

synonyms: forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent.

Roget 706: hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite, embarrass.    keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, ... show more

Dutch: verhinderen

2 foreclose

Subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage.


Moby thesaurus: anticipate, avert, bar, cut off, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, disendow, dishearten, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, estop, evict, exclude, expropriate, fend ... show more.

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