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How to pronounce “prohibit”
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Pronunciation guide for prohibit
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of prohibit with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- New Technologies of Warfare: A Humanitarian Approach
- The laws of war prohibit torture and other ill treatment
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce prohibit
New Technologies of Warfare: A Humanitarian Approach

- The laws of war prohibit torture and other ill treatment
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “prohibit”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
- [Adjective]
- forbidden, outlawed
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