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"Ban" Definition

noun

A curse; an imprecation.
A prohibition imposed by law or official decree: a ban on cigarette smoking on airplanes.
A summons to arms in feudal times.
An excommunication or condemnation by church officials.
Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.

verb-transitive

Archaic To curse.
South African Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
To prohibit, especially by official decree: The city council banned billboards on most streets. See Synonyms at forbid.

verb

To prohibit especially by legal means.
To prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of.
To utter curses or maledictions.

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