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blackball

DEFINITIONS OF: blackball

1

v vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

Synonyms:
negative, veto
Types:
defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
thwart the passage of
Type of:
contradict, controvert, oppose
be resistant to

v expel from a community or group

Synonyms:
ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun
Type of:
expel, kick out, throw out
force to leave or move out

n the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

Synonyms:
barring
Type of:
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
the act of forcing out someone or something
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