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prohibition n. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
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prohibition n. [
ban, proscription] a decree that prohibits something
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prohibition n. [
prohibition era] the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
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prohibition n. refusal to approve or assent to
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prohibition n. [
inhibition, forbiddance] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
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