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verb

past participle of forbid

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Adjective
Their forbidden, simmering romance anchors an enveloping portrait of a bygone era and a caste as vicious, in its own way, as any of the Mafia clans in Scorsese's crime movies. and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 30 July 2024 Céline Sciamma’s audacious vision transports audiences to 18th-century Brittany, a coastal world cloaked in shadows and forbidden desire. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
Verb
That this [approach] was forbidden. Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Ever since coastal erosion became a phrase and local legislation came into force in 2001, building a residence so proximate to the water has been forbidden. Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for forbidden 

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“Forbidden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbidden. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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