exclude (d.); except (d.); rule out (d.) разг.; (устранять) eliminate (d.); (из учебного заведения и т. п.) expel (d.); (из списка и т. п.) strike* off (d.)
исключать заранее — preclude (d.)
возможность такого случая исключена — a thing like that could not happen, there is no possibility of that happening