kibosh

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Verb kibosh has 1 sense

stop, halt, block, kibosh - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
--₁ is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something