Dialogue words you could choose instead of the word…

Except

Specifically when it comes to preventing consideration, inclusion, or participation

Ban

Banish

Bar

Beef

Blackball

Blacklist

Bleat

Block

Cease

Checkoff

Close ones door to

Close out

Comb

Comb out

Count

Count out

Debar

Deport

Deter

Discontinue

Disregard

Eliminate

Exclude

Exile

Expel

Freeze out

Halt

Hinder

Impede

Obstruct

Ostracise

Oust

Prevent

Prohibit

Rule out

Shut out

Stave off

Suspend

Throw out

Ward

Ward off

Weed

Weed out