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.