Definition
to ban: to forbid, exclude, make illegal
(smoking is) banned: (cigarettes are) forbidden, illegal, not allowed, not authorized
- "Fox hunting is a disgusting sport, Rupert, it should be banned."
- "You rightly banned Icarus Quincy from the building for arguing that IcarusBot's calculations were less accurate than a human."
- "Banned from the workplace"
- "I'm not going to suggest that we force all pubs to allow smoking, and ban non-smokers, however tempting this may be."
- "My Thoughts on the Smoking Ban"
- "Rupert : Actually, fox hunting has been banned since 2004, but that hasn't stopped me and my friends from hunting those foxes!"
- "Incidentally, are you sure we banned the right Icarus?"
- "Although the media has been banned from the meetings, sources have reported yelling, dogs barking, and numerous bottles breaking during the negotiations."
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