The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preclude \Pre*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Precluding.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae before + claudere to shut. See Close, v.]
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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins.
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To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.
This much will obviate and preclude the objections.
--Bentley.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of preclude English)
Usage examples of "precluding".
And Vector concentrated on the auxiliary engineering console as if he'd forgotten that he was human and needed rest—as if his awareness had shrunk down to his hands and the small screen, precluding people and distraction.
Another is that the practice is connected with beliefs about the medicine world, that this is a way of precluding such individuals from seeking vengeance later, either because of inflicted impairments or because of terrorizing them against a second meeting.