preclude (v.)
- anticipate
- avert
- avoid
- ban
- bar
- block
- blockade
- cease
- check
- debar
- deflect
- deny
- deter
- disallow
- discontinue
- discourage
- dishearten
- embargo
- enjoin
- estop
- exclude
- fend
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- frustrate
- help
- hinder
- ignore
- impede
- inhibit
- interdict
- obstruct
- obviate
- omit
- ostracize
- outlaw
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- quit
- refuse
- reject
- relegate
- repel
- repress
- repudiate
- save
- stop
- suppress
- taboo
- thwart
- ward