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1. The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
   - barring

1. Expel from a community or group
   - banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], shun, cast out
    
2. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
   "The President blackballed the bill";
   - veto, negative

Derived forms: blackballs, blackballing, blackballed

Type of: contradict, controvert, ejection, exclusion, expel, expulsion, kick out, oppose, riddance, throw out

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