(~s, excluding, ~d)
1.
If you ~ someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it.
The Academy ~d women from its classes...
Many of the youngsters feel ~d.
VERB: V n from n, V-ed, also V n
2.
If you ~ something that has some connection with what you are doing, you deliberately do not use it or consider it.
They eat only plant foods, and take care to ~ animal products from other areas of their lives...
In some schools, Christmas carols are being modified to ~ any reference to Christ.
VERB: V n from n, V n
3.
To ~ a possibility means to decide or prove that it is wrong and not worth considering.
I cannot entirely ~ the possibility that some form of pressure was applied to the neck.
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n
4.
To ~ something such as the sun’s rays or harmful germs means to prevent them physically from reaching or entering a particular place.
This was intended to ~ the direct rays of the sun...
VERB: V n