ban
verb
\ ˈban
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banned;
banning
Definition of ban
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
archaic
: curse
It is a hard fate … to be banned … by the world, only because one has sought to be wiser than the world is.— Edward Bulwer Lytton
2
: to prohibit especially by legal means
ban discrimination Is smoking banned in all public buildings?
also
: to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of
ban a book ban a pesticide
3
: bar sense 3c
banned from the U.N.
archaic
: to utter curses or condemnations
The serious world will scold and ban …— Joseph Rodman Drake