Synonyms for blackball
ˈblækˌbɔlblack·ball

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1. barring, blackballverb

   the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

   Synonyms:
   barring

2. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

   Synonyms:
   ostracize, veto, toss, relegate, cast out, toss out, fling, eschew, banish, chuck out, dispose, ban, throw away, bar, censor, cast away, ostracise, cast aside, throw out, negative, put away, toss away, discard, shun

3. veto, blackball, negativeverb

   vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

   "The President vetoed the bill"

   Synonyms:
   ostracize, forbid, negative, veto, ostracise, prohibit, banish, ban, nix, interdict, proscribe, cast out, disallow, shun

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1. • Oppose

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1. blackballverb

   Synonyms:
   exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote

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1. Rhonda Shear:

   How, if I was a serious actress, I would have never taken a commercial … I was nervous, but I told him I had permission from everyone. He said, ‘ Well, you did n’t get it from me. ’ He then walked out and left me with my costume in hand … They did n’t blackball me, but I never heard from ‘ Happy Days ’ again.