Meaning of nix in English

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Censorship and pejorative phrases about the prohibitive society are a specious excuse for doing "nix".
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In other words, they will nix be just deputy chairmen but party speakers and voters as well: or will they not?
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I do nix believe that to be the case.
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It was practically down to nix in 1974.
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It is going to happen; and in forward-thinking for the youth movement the difference of a year or two does nix seem to me to matter very much.
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Thus, likely the brook horse preceded the personification of the nix as the man in the rapids.
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That plan was nixed as the facility was not well suited to accommodate the programs.
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In other words, it's a program that lets you log into a (probably nix-based) computer.
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However, the plan was nixed in the 1970s due to an increasing business population.
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However, the networks nixed the idea before any filming could begin.
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The school was threatened with closure in 1982 due to declining enrollment, but because of strong community support, the idea was nixed.
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Buntu nixes the idea, but he retrieves the dead mans identity book to find his address.
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Jurisdictional issues nixed this, and the property has never been put to commercial use, though at one point a large number of peach trees were planted.
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Strong difficulty is nixed, however.
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She then nixed his casting on the grounds it was bad karma, and a great deal of press attention was given to his having almost gotten the role.
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Translations of nix

in Chinese (Traditional)
停止, 禁止, 拒絕…
in Chinese (Simplified)
停止, 禁止, 拒绝…
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