filibuster

  • 31Filibuster (disambiguation) — Filibuster may be:* Filibuster, obstructive legislative tactic * Filibuster (military), leader of irregular forces against a foreign country for private gain * Filibuster Cartoons …

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  • 32Filibuster (Senat) — Als Filibuster (be [ fɪlɪbʌstə], ae [ fɪlɪbʌstəʴ]) wird im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten die Taktik einer Minderheit bezeichnet, durch Dauerreden eine Beschlussfassung durch die Mehrheit zu verhindern oder zu verzögern. Dabei wird hinter den… …

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  • 33Filibuster (military) — A filibuster is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who attempted to foment insurrections in Latin… …

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  • 34Filibuster Cartoons — Infobox Webcomic title = Filibuster Cartoons caption = author = J.J. McCullough url = http://www.filibustercartoons.com/ status = Monday, Wednesday, Friday began = 2001 ended = genre = Political ratings = Filibuster Cartoons is an online, hand… …

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  • 35filibuster — Synonyms and related words: address, after dinner speech, allocution, be dilatory, chalk talk, cloture, committee consideration, constitute, debate, declamation, decree, deliberation, diatribe, division, enact, enact laws, eulogy, exhortation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36FILIBUSTER —    a name given to buccaneers who infested the Spanish American coasts or those of the West Indies, but more specially used to designate the followers of Lopez in his Cuban expedition in 1851, and those of Walker in his Nicaraguan in 1855; a name …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 37filibuster — fi|li|bus|ter Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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  • 38filibuster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. i. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. delaying tactic, hindrance, postponement, interference, opposition, procrastination, delay, obstruction to congressional action, obstructionism,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 39filibuster — fil|i|bus|ter [ fılı,bʌstər ] noun count a situation in which a politician deliberately delays or prevents a proposal from becoming law by continuing to speak until the end of a debate ╾ fil|i|bus|ter verb intransitive …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40filibuster —   …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors