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Definition of "debarred" [debarred]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of debar. (verb)

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Use "debarred" in a sentence
  • "Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education."
  • "It followed as one consequence of these letters from Florence that Nora was debarred from the Italian scheme as a mode of passing her time till some house should be open for her reception."
  • "Certain critics and authors who are quite willing to have the coal-heaver's filthy story debarred from the mails, because it can be understood by coal-heavers, protest against debarring the filthy story of the artist, because only the highly sophisticated can understand it."