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Verb(1) command against(2) reject(3) prohibit

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(1) In this case the flag has gone up and the referee has had to disallow the goal.(2) As such, we disallow it as a valid operation on numbers.(3) Better, said Blatter, to allow an offside goal than to disallow a good one.(4) The single grievance leading to this appeal arises out of the trial judge's refusal to disallow the evidence of what was said between the appellant and the police officers prior to arrest.(5) It provides that the Judge may disallow such costs but it does not say that he has to do so.(6) The UN Special Committee that vetoes imports to Iraq disallows essential painkillers, such as morphine and other chemotherapy medicines.(7) But in 2001, the Supreme Court handed down a decision against The New York Times, disallowing the electronic distribution of archived stories done by freelancers who had copyrights on the material.(8) The only problem with disallowing such evidence is that it might not then be made available; this is unlikely because manufacturers will continue to provide any evidence that is favourable to their claims.(9) The only exception to this rule is that transitions to stop codons are disallowed .(10) That is why IFA is making a major push in the negotiations with Government for incentives, through tax relief and social welfare disallowances , to encourage medium-term land leasing at an affordable price.(11) There was a 20% reduction in the number of appeals against decisions disallowing unemployment payments, while appeals relating to disability benefit fell by 13%.(12) The particular Louisiana statute which allows emergency controls on firearms also clearly disallows the complete prohibition being imposed by the New Orleans chief of police.(13) But the full rigour of the regulations will be applied with claw-backs and disallowances being enforced.(14) On proscription, the Attorney General can still ban political organisations, but subject to disallowance by the House of Representatives or the Senate.(15) I am offering to eliminate the federal powers of disallowance in exchange for the abolition of the Senate.(16) Scholars disapproved of frivolous divorces and might help by disallowing oaths if evidence showed that the man had been temporarily insane or in some way mentally deficient, or that he had pronounced an incorrect formula.
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(1) disallow
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Verb
1. reject
2. refuse
3. dismiss
4. say no to
5. ban
6. bar
7. block
8. debar
9. forbid
10. prohibit
11. cancel
12. invalidate
13. overrule
14. quash
15. overturn
16. countermand
17. reverse
19. set aside
20. give the thumbs down to
21. veto
22. nix


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