Verb: preclude pri'klood
- Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
"Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project";
- prevent, forestall, foreclose, forbid
- Make impossible, especially beforehand
"The bad weather precluded any outdoor activities";
- rule out, close out
Derived forms: precluding, precludes, precluded
Type of: act, eliminate, move, obviate, rid of
Encyclopedia: Preclude