Foreclose

Verb

 * 1) to repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments
 * They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
 * 1) to prevent from doing something

Thesaurus
anticipate, avert, bar, cut off, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, disendow, dishearten, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, estop, evict, exclude, expropriate, fend, fend off, forbid, forestall, help, keep from, keep off, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save, stave off, turn aside, ward off

Etymology
From foreclosen:, forclosen:, from  forclos:, past participle of forclore:, from. More at,.

Translations

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Derived terms

 * foreclosure
 * foreclosable