mindmap root((排除)) exclude implies a keeping out of what is already outside by or as if by closing some barrier: children under 17 are ~d from the movie. debar stresses the effectiveness of an existent barrier in excluding a person or class from what is open and accessible to others: arbitrary standards that effectively ~ most female candidates. eliminate implies a getting rid of what is already within, typically as a constituent part or element: a company's plans to ~ a fourth of its work force. suspend implies temporary and usually disciplinary removal, as from a membership in an organization, or restraining, as from functioning or expression: a student ~ed for possession of drugs.