prohibiting

Definitions

Formally forbidding or preventing something by law, rule, or other authority.

Making an action or event impossible or impractical.

Examples

The new law is aimed at prohibiting the sale of single-use plastics in the city.

The school board passed a policy prohibiting the use of mobile phones during instructional hours.

Synonyms

banning forbidding vetoing outlawing disallowing restricting barring

Antonyms

allowing permitting authorizing approving enabling sanctioning endorsing