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BLACKBALL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

Synonyms:

barring; blackball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("blackball" is a kind of...):

ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)

Derivation:

blackball (expel from a community or group)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

Example:

The President vetoed the bill

Synonyms:

blackball; negative; veto

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):

contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)

"Blackball" entails doing...:

vote (express a choice or opinion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackball"):

defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out (thwart the passage of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expel from a community or group

Synonyms:

ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

blackball (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)

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