blackball

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I - noun

the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
• Syn:
barring
• Hypernyms:
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

II - verb

1. expel from a community or group
• Syn:
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out
• Derivationally related forms:
ostracism (for: ostracise), ostracism (for: ostracize), banishment (for: banish)
• Hypernyms:
expel, throw out, kick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. vote against;
refuse to endorse;
refuse to assent
- The President vetoed the bill
• Syn:
veto, negative
• Derivationally related forms:
negative (for: negative), veto (for: veto)
• Hypernyms:
oppose, controvert, contradict
• Hyponyms:
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
• Entailment:
vote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something