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nix

verb [T]
 
/nɪks/ US informal

Definition

to stop, prevent, or refuse to accept something: The film studio nixed her plans to make a sequel.Preventing and impedingLimiting and restrictingForbidding and banning thingsRefusing and rejecting
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