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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Preclude \Pre*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Precluding.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae before + claudere to shut. See Close, v.] 1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede. [1913 Webster] The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins. --E. Darwin. [1913 Webster] 2. To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation. [1913 Webster] This much will obviate and preclude the objections. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "precluding": aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, ex, except, except for, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, leaving out, let alone, omitting, outside of, save, save and except, saving, than, unless, without