| NOUN | act | blackball, barring | the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto |
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| VERB | social | blackball, banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out | expel from a community or group |
| social | blackball, veto, negative | vote against |
| Sounds | blae'kbao.l | |
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| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto. | |
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| Synonym | barring | |
| Broader | ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance | The act of forcing out someone or something |
| Verbs | blackball | expel from a community or group |
| Meaning | Expel from a community or group. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out | |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Spanish | desterrar, exiliar, expeler, expulsar, marginar | |
| Catalan | bandejar, desterrar, exiliar, marginar | |
| Nouns | blackball | the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto |
| Meaning | Vote against; refuse to endorse / endorse; refuse to assent. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | veto, negative | |
| Entails | vote | Express a choice or opinion |
| Narrower | kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out | thwart the passage of |
| Broader | oppose, controvert, contradict | Be resistant to |
| Spanish | dar bola negra, echar bola negra, negar, vetar, votar en contra | |
| Catalan | donar bola negra a, vedar, vetar, votar en contra | |
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