āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
filibuster
/fËÉĒlÉĒbËĘstÉ/
Filibuster
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āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛
a legislative tactic used to delay or block the passage of a bill by giving prolonged speeches or using other time-consuming methods
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The filibuster lasted for over 15 hours.
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§
a legislator who engages in prolonged speaking to delay or obstruct legislative action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Reporters gathered to hear the filibuster in the senate chamber.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to filibuster
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
(in a legislature) to prevent imposing the required procedures by making long speeches
Intransitive: to filibuster
Transitive: to filibuster a bill or legislation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She filibustered for nearly a full day to stop the legislation.
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