interdict
in ter dikt
- n an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
- n a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
- v destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
- v command against
- The suddenness of the attack meant there was little time for campus authorities to interdict Kazmierczak.
- The problem facing foreign navies' efforts to interdict pirates, says Mwangura, is their failure to address both the anarchy that prevails in Somalia and grievances over illegal .
- Last week that rare and awful punishment, an interdict, brooded like a judgment over a Roman Catholic parish in Cleveland.