tr.v., -barred, -bar·ring, -bars.
- To exclude or shut out; bar.
- To forbid, hinder, or prevent.
[Middle English debarren, from Old French desbarer, to unbar : des-, de- + barer, to bar (from barre, bar; see bar1).]
debarment de·bar'ment n.
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