inhibit

/ɪnˈhɪb·ɪt/ v [T]

Definition

› to take an action that makes something less likely to happen, or that discourages someone from doing something: The merger of the two corporations was not allowed because it would inhibit open competition. Some states have a rule that inhibits lawyers from talking about their cases outside the courtroom.

(Definition of inhibit v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)