rule out (v.)
- amputate
- annihilate
- anticipate
- avert
- ban
- bar
- bate
- blot
- bob
- cancel
- clip
- crop
- cull
- cut
- debar
- deflect
- delete
- deny
- deter
- disallow
- discourage
- disenable
- dishearten
- disqualify
- dock
- efface
- eliminate
- embargo
- enjoin
- enucleate
- eradicate
- erase
- estop
- except
- excise
- exclude
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fend
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- help
- inhibit
- interdict
- isolate
- lop
- mutilate
- nip
- obliterate
- obviate
- outlaw
- pare
- peel
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- prune
- raze
- refuse
- reject
- repel
- repress
- save
- scratch
- shave
- shear
- sponge
- strip
- suppress
- suspend
- taboo
- truncate
- ward