Synonym: bar, block, exclude, forbid, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, shut out. Antonym: approval, approve, consent, lessee, permission, permit, sanction. Similar words: band, urban, Cuban, husband, banker, banquet, abandon, banking. Meaning: [bæn] n. 1. a decree that prohibits something 2. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4. an official prohibition or edict against something 5. a bachelor's degree in nursing. v. 1. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure 2. forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) 3. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment 4. expel from a community or group.
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(151) A test ban is the least of the proliferators' worries.
(152) Wednesday afternoon, riot police were out on the streets of Belgrade to enforce a ban on marches by anti-Milosevic demonstrators.
(153) This can reduce weight but it also constitutes drug-taking, for which you may face a lifetime ban.
(154) The Centre supports the continuation of limited ivory trading, in defiance of an international ban.
(155) More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.
(156) It is absolutely necessary that the umma root its security somewhere else than in the ban on free thought.
(157) I will veto any attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady bill.
(158) If the state bar decides against a complete ban, Miss Roybal-Allard may introduce a new bill requiring it to have one.
(159) They've criticised the headmaster, and say he should impose a complete ban on cigarettes.Mike Rowbottom reports.
(160) There were frequent clashes over the reporting of Northern Ireland, ending with a ban on interviews with members of SinnFein.
(161) But de-emphasizing the ban would enrage their natural allies among abortion foes.
(162) Growers can get around the ban by planting vines for quality wines rather than table wines.
(163) He said the arguments for Proposition 140 do not say that a lifetime ban is not imposed.
(164) He thought she was probably here without his permission, perhaps defying a specific ban.
(165) But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty.
(166) It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead.
(167) However, the point is that if there were a complete test ban, there would be no nuclear tests allowed.
(168) They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage[sentencedict.com/ban.html], but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
(169) His driving ban will soon pass - her parents' grief never will.
(170) Buyers used to come from all over the world until the export ban.
(171) Whether Proposition 140 imposes a lifetime ban was a major issue discussed by the state Supreme Court in 1991.
(172) Voters rejected measures to ban most lawsuits resulting from car accidents, limit shareholder lawsuits and slash lawyers' contingency fees.
(173) How does Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley hope to achieve a ten percent reduction in smokers without a ban on tobacco ads?
(174) Anti-abortionists have launched a vigorous campaign to reinforce the constitutional ban on abortion.
(175) Now, only the House bill calls for the ban, authored by Rep.
(176) He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban.
(177) A ban on cigarette advertising on billboards, on public transportation, and at sports venues.
(178) But media lawyers said there are other possible avenues for mounting a renewed First Amendment attack on the ban.
(179) The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
(180) A less controversial proposal was a constitutional ban on the extradition of drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States.