preclude
prih-KLOODverbMeaning to make impossible in advance; to rule out
Memory hook PRE-CLUDE: CLOSED beforehand. The museum door was locked before anyone arrived, so no one could get in at all. The locked door precluded any visit.
The locked gate precluded any visit to the garden.
In context Her broken wrist precluded playing in the final, so she spent the game on the bench, cheering louder than anyone.
Similar rule out, prevent, prohibit, eliminate
Opposite allow, permit, enable
From Latin praecludere, “to shut off”: prae (before) + claudere (to shut).