v. To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with an application for approval of a new drug from participating in future applications.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To bar out; shut out; preclude; exclude; prevent from entering; deny right of access to; hinder from approach, entry, use, etc.
Synonyms To interdict, prohibit, prevent, restrain.
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v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
v. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
v. prevent from entering; keep out
Word Usage
"Israelites with a profound reverence for holy things; and nothing was more suited to this purpose than to debar from the tabernacle all who were polluted by any kind of uncleanness, ceremonial as well as natural, mental as well as physical."