ban
noun [ C ]
uk/bæn/ usan official order that prevents someone doing something, or something from happening:
ban on sth The police are enforcing the state's ban on the sale of fireworks.
impose/enforce/lift a ban They have now lifted the ban on the export of live animals to Europe.
ban
verb [ T ]
uk/bæn/ us-nn-to say officially that something is not allowed, or that someone is not allowed to do something:
The law bans the import of ivory into the country.
ban sb/sth from doing sth A number of airlines were banned from operating to the UK.