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| Sounds | prow.ahbih'shahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
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| Examples | "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | law |
| Nouns | prohibitionist |
| Meaning | A decree that prohibits something. |
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| Synonyms | ban, proscription |
| Broader | decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript |
| Narrower | banning-order; injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order; interdict, interdiction |
| Meaning | The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. |
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| Synonyms | prohibition era |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period |
| Nouns | prohibitionist |
| Meaning | Refusal to approve or assent to. |
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| Broader | refusal |
| Narrower | interdiction; ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding |
| Meaning | The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). |
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| Examples | "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter" |
| Synonyms | inhibition, forbiddance |
| Broader | action |
| Verbs | prohibit |
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