Blackball: alternatives and connections

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

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The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…

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To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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A kiln.

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

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To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

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An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

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To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

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An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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