Preclude

The fact that she's old enough to be your mother does not preclude her from being your friend.

You can be both kind and firm. One does not preclude the other.

Buddhism, unlike other religions, is not theocentric or god-centred, but it does not preclude an adherent from believing in the existence of gods.

The one doesn't preclude the other.

That, of course, would effectively preclude the underlying tombs ever being investigated archaeologically.

But for the moment his sense of relief was so great as to preclude all other feelings.

It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!

"Now, own the truth,—are you not very sorry that my having been in the opposition precludes your going to the most brilliant fête of the season?"

A chime whistle, presented to the L.M.S.R. by American model railway enthusiasts in 1939, is installed now as a works hooter at Crewe Works, as its height precludes its use on a British locomotive.

This is of unusual importance at Perth, compared with other modern yards, because the restricted scope for layout development precluded provision of a separate track as a head shunt at the southern end of the yard site. When such a facility is required, the main line has to be employed.