shut out
to not allow someone to enter a particular place
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To stop someone from entering a place
seal off
to prevent people from entering an area or a building
cordon off
to stop people from entering an area by putting something such as a rope around it
cut off
to make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave, or communicate with
exclude
verb
to deliberately prevent someone or something from being involved in an activity or from entering a place
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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