forbid

[fərˈbɪd]

Definition:
1. Command against.
2. Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing.

Use 'forbid' in a sentence:

• 1. Brazil's constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy.
• 2. If, God forbid, something goes wrong, I don't know what I would do.
• 3. The staff are forbidden to tender for private-sector work.
• 4. She was expressly forbidden to touch my papers.
• 5. To do things you would forbid.
• 6. Regulations now forbid any new construction within 500 metres of the site.
• 7. Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me!
• 8. I forbid you the house.
• 9. Forbid it Almighty God!
• 10. New state rules forbid waiters to serve water without asking first.
• 11. Go where you please, but don't come here, I forbid it!
• 12. The country was forbidden to rearm under the terms of the treaty.
• 13. Ministry of Railways rules effectively forbid foreign companies from bidding.
• 14. There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
• 15. Iwould forbid myself if I sold the property of my fathers.
• 16. And that code might (god forbid) conflict with my code!
• 17. Even if copyright permits noncommercial sharing, the EULA may forbid it.
• 18. We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
• 19. You can then choose to allow or forbid your browser to run each one.
• 20. No laws forbid payment to volunteers.
• 21. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden forbid it outright.
• 22. They were forbidden to unionize.
• 23. Does International Law Forbid the Application of Death Penalty.
• 24. No. I forbid it. You cannot.
• 25. It means "forbid someone to do something."
• 26. Lionel has forbidden her ever to mention that name again under his roof.
• 27. Statically forbid polymorphic recursion.
• 28. There is one thing that we did not forbid in our policy.
• 29. Forbid it, Almighty God!
• 30. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
• 31. They were not forbidden to intermarry with the local people.
• 32. Divorce? It was such a forbidden word.
• 33. This Man must be found and told that I forbid him to raise the dead.
• 34. Some countries began to reform their legal systems and forbid research into human cloning.
• 35. She was shut away and forbidden to read.
• 36. "It is difficult," said Cinnamon, "to forbid a tiger anything it wants."
• 37. Apple might decide to forbid certain types of speech all on its own.
• 38. Naturally, if a soldier wants to smoke we can't forbid this.
• 39. The Church's canon law forbids remarriage of divorced persons.
• 40. We're embarrassed, and we don't want to be, God forbid, hypocrites.
• 41. I forbid him to do that.
• 42. Photography is strictly forbidden in the museum.
• 43. They'll forbid you to marry.
• 44. The conversation was in danger of wandering into forbidden territory.
• 45. My doctor has forbidden me sugar.
• 46. I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
• 47. The house looked dark and forbidding.
• 48. Smoking is strictly forbidden.
• 49. In the interest of safety, smoking is forbidden.
• 50. His own pride forbids him to ask Arthur's help.
• 51. The war was a forbidden subject.
• 52. This was a forbidden area for foreigners.