preclude
/pɹiˈkɫud/
to prevent from happening; make impossible
preclude in a sentence
“Budget constraints preclude further expansion.”
Origin of preclude
Latin praecludere to shut off from prae- before + claudere to shut
Related Words
supersede
to take the place of something previously in use
antecedent
a thing that existed or came before another
coalesce
to come together to form one mass or whole
conflate
to combine two or more things into one
bifurcate
to divide into two branches or parts
dichotomize
to divide into two opposing groups or kinds