adjective
- having the power or purpose of prohibiting or forbidding something
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The court issued an interdictive order to stop the construction project.
- The new interdictive measures were designed to prevent illegal dumping.
- His interdictive tone made it clear that no exceptions would be allowed.
- The interdictive policy banned all smoking on campus grounds.
- The judge’s interdictive ruling halted the merger immediately.
- Interdictive sanctions were imposed to discourage further violations.