PROHIBITING Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in banning

the act of ordering that something not be done or used not surprisingly, the prohibiting of the use of cell phones proved to be unpopular with patients visiting the doctor

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verb

present participle of prohibit

as in forbidding

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark

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However, successive boards have chosen not to enforce the restriction prohibiting dogs. — Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The Town Council then approved an ordinance in June prohibiting electric bike and scooter riding in public parks. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 The City of Ripon is moving forward with an ordinance aimed at protecting an endangered species by prohibiting people from feeding feral cats and stray animals on public property. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 In addition to the rules prohibiting cross traffic, steps taken include reducing the number of planes allowed to land each hour at Reagan National Airport from 36 to 30, the FAA said. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Minnesota, the first US state to pass a law prohibiting prediction markets entirely, was prevented from enforcing the law by a federal court ruling last month. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 In July, Illinois enacted a law prohibiting platforms from using minors’ viewing histories or data on their devices to curate feeds. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 The continuing resolution delays the prohibition on hemp products from November 12 until December 11, giving lawmakers time to regulate the popular consumer products instead of prohibiting them outright. — A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Washington has built on these advantages over decades, applying antitrust law to foreign firms, prohibiting bribery abroad, and using sanctions and export controls to shape the behavior of overseas actors. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

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Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.

— Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

Definition of banning

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The castle moniker invokes brooding keeps, defensive towers and forbidding stone.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of forbidding

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Blind to Russia’s own staged electoral process, the Kremlin has repeatedly pushed the idea that the martial law prohibition on Ukrainian elections in wartime means Zelensky is illegitimate.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
DeSantis has signed strict legislation into law on the issue, including a prohibition on data centers passing on costs to ratepayers and new authority for local communities to reject data centers from being built.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of prohibition

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Denver has also considered outlawing natural gas in homes after implementing new restrictions on its use in commercial buildings.

— Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2026
But in the late 1970s, the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana, and chased away the hippies who had flocked to the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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