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preposition. Apart from the occurrence of; excepting: Barring strong headwinds, the plane will arrive on schedule.

v. Present participle of bar.

n. the exclusion of someone; blackballing

preposition. Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of

n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.

n. In mining, timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.

Excepting; leaving out of the account; apart from: as, barring accidents, I shall be there.

n. In machine-sewing, the sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or upon leather, the bar being composed of a series of long stitches crossed by short stitches. Sometimes called tacking. See buttonholemachine.

n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

"Stipulate at the outset — as most folks seem to — that barring extraordinary circumstances (unambiguous libel, incitement to harrassment) Americans have a clear constitutional right to anonymous speech and that, again barring exceptional circumstances, other Americans have an equal First Amendment right to name them if they happen to be privy to that information."

exclusion    expulsion    ejection    riddance   

blackball   

bar   

charring    jarring    marring    scarring    sparring    starring    tarring