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• s  tending to discourage (especially of prices)

• North Dakota, New Jersey, Arizona having last week repealed their prohibitory laws, there are now 13 states which do nothing whatever about enforcing, Prohibition.
• His normally grumpy face wreathed in smiles after the conference's formal endorsement of prohibitory nuclear tests, a line that the Russians have so long beat their propaganda .
• The insistence of many nations made it clear that the scope of this meeting was not prohibitory.

• prohibitive

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• Mulayam Singh Yadav in Thaindian.com (blog)
  We challenge Chief Minister Mayawati to impose prohibitory orders in the entire state, we always feel proud to defy anarchic orders,Mulayam Singh, a former chief minister, said.
• Mohan Singh in Thaindian.com (blog)
  How could they get so much of money inside the house. It is prohibitory material. This is a breach of parliament. I want the speaker to take cognisance of my complaint,Mohan Singh said.
• Simranjit Singh Mann in Hindu
  Our marches were successful and very peaceful. Still police took us into custody for allegedly violating prohibitory orders,Mann said after his arrest.