prohibition
noun
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- An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
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prohibit
verb
/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/
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/pɹəʊˈhɪbɪt/
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/pɹəˈhɪbət/
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- (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
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verbieten
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prohibitive
adjective
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- Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
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ausschließend,
prohibitorisch,
unterbindend,
untersagend,
verbietend,
verhindernd
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- Costly to the extreme; beyond budget; requiring an unreasonable effort.
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prohibitiv,
unbezahlbar,
unerschwinglich,
unerträglich,
untragbar,
unverhältnismäßig
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Prohibition
properNoun
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- (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
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Alkoholprohibition,
Prohibition
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