Thesaurus entry: prohibit

Thesaurus entry: deter
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      222 words ... ... talk out of, check, restrain, caution, frighten, intimidate, daunt, scare off, warn against, hold back, prohibit, hinder, impede, obstruct, block, inhibit. antonyms: encourage; persuade.

Article: Nidek Files Antitrust Complaint Against VISX.
PR Newswire;  March 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 3) entering into anti-competitive and exclusionary agreements with providers of laser refractive surgery that prohibit and hinder those providers from using excimer lasers manufactured by competitors of VISX; and (4) making false statements ...

Article: RPG insurer to contest license ruling. (risk retention group, ...
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  August 14, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... intended the Act to `facilitate the formation and operation of purchasing groups.' Preemption of state laws that prohibit or hinder the formation of purchasing groups was simply the means chosen to effect this goal," according to Swanco's argument ...

Transcript: ELECTRICITY COMPETITION:MR. MARK COOPER
Congressional Testimony;  October 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... require states to facilitate aggregation; at the very least, it should require that no state or local statute prohibit or hinder consumers from aggregating their purchases of electricity through all types of organizations including cooperatives ...

Thesaurus entry: hinder
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      506 words ...hinder • verb   ... in the works. See note at prohibit. antonym: facilitate ... say you were impeded . To hinder is to delay or hold something ... while encumber means to hinder by the placing of a burden ...

Article: Town's zoning moratorium may hinder Perrier's plans
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 16, 2000 ;     618 words ...Town's zoning moratorium may hinder Perrier's plans Company hopes to pump ... The purpose of the moratorium is not to prohibit anything from happening other than putting ... While the moratorium passed Monday would prohibit Perrier from building a plant in the next ...

Article: Test rule not meant to hinder
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Test rule not meant to hinder, UW says Policy's goal is to back DPI standards, lawmakers are ... Sheldon Wasserman (D-Milwaukee) to author a bill that would prohibit the UW System from requiring an applicant to take the high school ...