n. 25B6; verb
smoking was banned : PROHIBIT, forbid, veto, proscribe, disallow, outlaw, make illegal, embargo, bar, debar, block, stop, suppress, interdict; Law enjoin, restrain.
Gary was banned from the playground : EXCLUDE, banish, expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove, get rid of; informal boot out, kick out; Brit. informal turf out.
permit, admit.
25B6; noun
a ban on smoking : PROHIBITION, veto, proscription, embargo, bar, suppression, stoppage, interdict, interdiction, moratorium, injunction.
a ban from international football : EXCLUSION, banishment, expulsion, ejection, eviction, removal.
permission, admission.