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foreclosing

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Noun

foreclosing noun

  1. An act of foreclosure.

Verb

foreclosing verb

  1. To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.“They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.”
  2. To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
  3. To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.

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Synonyms

barexcludepreventstopforbidprecludeforestallreclosureclosuremortgagingforecondemnationclosingevictionreforfeitureforestationrepaymentobturationshutting

Rhymes

imposingclosingopposingdozingcomposingjuxtaposingdisclosingposingexposingenclosing

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