Banned

//bænd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ban form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Forbidden; not allowed.

    "As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants."

Adjective
  1. 1
    forbidden by law wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
prohibitedbarredcontrabanddebarreddeporteddisallowed

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"Smoking is now banned on all domestic plane flights."

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