foreclose
🇺🇸
/fɔːrˈkləʊz/
🇬🇧
/fɔːˈkləʊz/
To legally take away someone's property because they have not paid back the money they borrowed.
The bank foreclosed on the house when the owner stopped making payments.
當房主停止支付款項時,銀行對房子進行了止贖。
To prevent something from being considered or done.
The new rules foreclosed the possibility of a peaceful resolution.
新規則排除了和平解決的可能性。