Shut out' is a term that means to EXCLUDE or prevent someone from participating in something. The crossword solutions for this term include 'FORGET, ' 'BAN, ' 'BAR, ' 'BLANK, ' 'BLITZ, ' 'DEBAR, ' 'FROZE, ' 'SKUNK, ' 'EXCLUDE, ' 'INHIBIT, ' 'OCCLUDE, ' 'skunked, ' 'BLOCKADE, ' 'debarred, ' 'PRECLUDE, ' and 'CONTRABAND.' All of these words have to do with preventing someone from participating in something, either by forgetting, banning, barring, blanking, blitzing, debarring, freezing, skunking, excluding, inhibiting, occluding, skunking, blockading, debarring, precluding, or using CONTRABAND.