"precluded" is a correctly used word in written English.
It is a verb that means to make something impossible or to prevent it from happening. For example, "The bad weather precluded us from going on the picnic."
The war, which renders vast tracts of Angola inaccessible, has precluded the holding of further elections.Over the past 18 months, however, the president has been expressing interest in the idea of a fresh election, and the legitimacy it would give his government.
From there, the funds went through Fininvest Roma's BPA account, and then, through Milano 3 Srl's account to an unknown beneficiary.Since the Palermo investigators' examination of BPA's records precluded the introduction of funds by a third party, the funds must have gone round in a circle.
Once, this method might have precluded the economic flexibility of a tax namely, that the abatement effort can vary from polluter to polluter, according to cost.
That it was not is partly the fault of the city council itself: wrangles about social housing delayed the launch; the failure to decontaminate the site and changes to building specifications drove up costs; and the city's retention of rights over the land precluded financing by Canadian banks, causing the developer to borrow more expensively from a New York hedge fund.
Yet by polarising Bahrain along sectarian lines it has also precluded, for the foreseeable future, any reconciliation there.
The other big British banks are precluded from bidding on competition grounds.
Such fears have precluded a free market for land, further adding to private firms' difficulties.
It precluded actively gay bishops; now one bit of the church has flouted it.Yet the excited talk of a schism is overblown.
They will be able to travel back and forth to their native country, and will not be precluded from applying for green cards granting permanent residence.The proposals are far from perfect.
Meanwhile, the government's inability to run a fiscal surplus in years of booming growth has precluded it from cutting taxes to ease a recession.Thanks to Argentina's wretched history of inflation and mismanagement, its currency board still enjoys broad support.
"All argumentation on the subject is precluded on my part.
