rule out

English Thesaurus

1. include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	decree, rule,
definition	:	decide with authority (verb.cognition)

2. make impossible, especially beforehand (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	eliminate, obviate, rid of,
definition	:	do away with (verb.stative)

derivation	:	obviating, preclusive,
definition	:	made impossible (adj.all)

derivation	:	obviating, preclusive,
definition	:	made impossible (adj.all)