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.

Synonyms: bar, exclude, prevent, stop