preclusive Definition

preclude
verb precluded, precluding

1. To rule out or eliminate something or make it impossible.

Thesaurus: eliminate, rule out, exclude, prohibit, debar, check, inhibit, obviate, restrain, stop, forestall, prevent, hinder, avoid; Antonym: incur, involve.
2. To prevent their involvement in it.

Form: preclude someone from something (often)

Derivative: preclusion
noun

Derivative: preclusive
adj

Etymology: 17c: from Latin praecludere, praeclusum to impede, from claudere to shut.