forbade

verb

variants also forbad
past tense of forbid
as in prohibited
to order not to do or use or to be done or used smoking is forbidden throughout the building we forbid you to see him

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Recent Examples of forbade Reservoirs have already fallen perilously low -- with one lake so dry this year that a small town nearby let its Little League field go dry and temporarily forbade residents from washing cars or watering lawns. — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 Our deist, atheist and moderate Christian founders rightly forbade theocracy with the First Amendment’s establishment clause, as incompatible with democracy. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 In December, the San Diego Police Department forbade officers to use AI platforms to generate reports. — Jakob McWhinney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Related Stories Shakeel took up dance and acting in secret because her family forbade both. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 This problem, Clark argues, could have been solved by instead drawing a blood sample from the tortoise, but Saint Helena’s officials forbade it. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Her profession as a psychologist forbade such magical thinking. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 But Heastie forbade an Assembly vote that spring and has blocked it since. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbade
  1. prohibited
  2. banned
  3. outlawed
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  • The horses would be prohibited from being sold to slaughterhouses, under the bill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Members are prohibited, according to the organization’s website, from providing alcohol to anyone under legal drinking age.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibited
Verb
  • They were also placed on felony probation for three years and banned from performing any mining work during that time.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Schools banned its use, and journalists were shamed for credulously repeating its hoaxes.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of banned
Verb
  • His campaign told Fox News Digital that the conviction stemmed from displaying a sticker of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose Kach party was outlawed in 1994, and reflected his support for a Jewish nationalist movement.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Using the history of gay male desire in different time periods — dangerous, clandestine, outlawed and at long last fitfully accepted — the film examines legacy and what gets handed down across time.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlawed

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“Forbade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbade. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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