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ban

noun [C]
 
 
/bæn/

Definition

B2 an official order that prevents something from happening: There should be a ban on talking loudly in cinemas.Legislation and law-makingForbidding and banning things
(Definition of ban noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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