Prohibition

Proper noun
Prohibition


 * 1)  any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal

Adjectives for Prohibition
virtual; positive; perpetual; reiterated.

Verbs for Prohibition
annul—; defy—; denounce—; deplore—; dispute—; enforce—; ignore—; laud—; support—; undermine—; uphold—; urge—; — debars; —forbids; —restrains; —restricts; —revokes; —smothers; —suppresses; -—taboos.

Thesaurus
Eighteenth Amendment, Volstead Act, arrest, arrestation, ban, banning, bar, barring, blockade, boycott, check, circumscription, constraint, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curb, curtailment, debarment, debarring, deceleration, demarcation, determent, deterrence, disallowance, disallowing, discouragement, embargo, estoppel, exception, exclusion, forbiddance, foreclosure, forestalling, halt, hindrance, inadmissibility, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, legal restraint, lockout, monopoly, narrowing, nonadmission, obviation, omission, outlawing, outlawry, preclusion, prevention, prohibitionism, proscribing, proscription, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, rationing, rein, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restraint, restraint of trade, restriction, retardation, retrenchment, self-control, slowing down, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo, tariff wall, thought control

Translations

 * Arabic: منع الكحول
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 禁酒令,禁酒
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: Alkoholprohibition,
 * Japanese: 禁酒令,禁酒
 * Korean: 금주법 (禁酒法)
 * Russian: сухой закон

Noun

 * 1) prohibition of alcohol / drugs
 * 2)  Prohibition