permaban

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UK/ˈpɜːməˌbæn/US/ˈpɝməˌbæn/

noun

A permanent ban on a user.

“He was permabanned after years of cheating.”

Similar
permablock
OriginEnglish ban ← Middle French permanent ← Latin permaneō →
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Meanings

nounpermaban (plural permabans)

plural permabans · alternative perma-ban

  1. InternetA permanent ban on a user.

    Anyone caught cheating on our game server will receive a permaban.

    Synonyms: permablock

verbpermaban (third-person singular simple present permabans, present participle permabanning, simple past and past participle permabanned)

present singular third person permabans · participle present permabanning · participle past permabanned · past permabanned · alternative perma-ban

  1. InternettransitiveTo ban (a user) permanently.

    He was permabanned after years of cheating.

    Synonyms: permablock

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA permanent ban on a user.

Similar
permablock

verbTo ban (a user) permanently.

Similar
permablock
Also see
permablock

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Italic*peri-
  3. Latinper-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*m̥néh₁yeti
  6. Proto-Italic*m(V)nēō
  7. Latinmaneō
  8. Latinpermaneō
  9. Middle Frenchpermanent
  10. Englishpermanentclip.
  11. Englishperma-
  12. Englishban
  13. Englishpermaban

From perma- + ban.

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Translations

Spanish bloquear permanentemente, permabanear
  • bloquear permanentementeto ban permanently
  • permabanearto ban permanently
Cite this entry
APA

permaban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permaban

MLA

“permaban.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permaban. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permaban,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permaban.

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