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How to pronounce nix in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto
Type of require, command
Has types ban, criminalise, criminalize, debar, enjoin, exclude, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, bar


Dad nixed our plans.
Type Words
Synonyms aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
Type of relative quantity
Has types bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, nihil, sweet fanny adams

Examples of nix

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O'Brien mentioned afterwards that he preferred to nix only the downtown section.
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Nix was claimed by Cleveland off waivers from the Chicago White Sox on June 24.
From the sfgate.com
Nix got to second, and that put him in scoring position for Rodriguez's double.
From the stltoday.com
Wind forecasted to blow 20-25 knots today, which will nix the drifting pattern.
From the chron.com
It would nix Fritos and Funyons, for example, in favor of fruit, yogurt and nuts.
From the denverpost.com
Any partner could nix a deal, so analysis, debate, and persuasion were crucial.
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Nix is an editor at DiningOut Magazine and a student at the University of Alaska.
From the denverpost.com
Nix said the Sherpas told her they do not notice any significant weight change.
From the sltrib.com
Because NATO operates by consensus, opposition would nix any move in Bucharest.
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More examples
  • Forbid: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
  • Nothing: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
  • A Unix-like (sometimes shortened to UN*X or *nix to circumvent trademark issues) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
  • Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra in June 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team, composed of Hal A. Weaver, S. Alan Stern, Max J. Mutchler, Andrew J. Steffl, Marc W. Buie, William J. Merline, John R. Spencer, Eliot F. ...
  • Nix is a package manager for computer systems. Like RPM, apt and many other package managers, it is able to control the installation of packages, or named and versioned groups of files, such as software applications or their associated configuration data.
  • The neck, nicor, nixie or nokken (German: Nixe; Dutch: nikker, nekker; Norwegian: nu00F8kk; Swedish: nu00E4ck; Finnish: nu00E4kki; Estonian: nu00E4kk) are shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore who usually appeared in forms of other creatures.
  • Unix and various other similar and/or compatible operating systems
  • One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)
  • : nothing; To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel; To destroy or eradicate