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Prohibitory

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pro·hib·i·tive  (pr-hb-tv) also pro·hib·i·to·ry (-tôr, -tr)
adj.
1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures.
2. So high or burdensome as to discourage purchase or use: prohibitive prices.
3. So likely to win as to discourage competition: the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination.
pro·hibi·tive·ly adv.
pro·hibi·tive·ness n.
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Adj.1.prohibitory - tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"
prohibitive
preventative, preventive - tending to prevent or hinder


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It is remarkable, that even in the two States which seem to have meditated an interdiction of military establishments in time of peace, the mode of expression made use of is rather cautionary than prohibitory.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
In many places they even have what may be called prohibitory reasons.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The Northwest Company were now in complete occupation of the Columbia River, and its chief tributary streams, holding the posts which he had established, and carrying on a trade throughout the neighboring region, in defiance of the prohibitory law of Congress, which, in effect, was a dead letter beyond the mountains.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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