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Filibuster
01
a legislative tactic used to delay or block the passage of a bill by giving prolonged speeches or using other time-consuming methods
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
filibusters
Examples
The senator launched a filibuster to stop the vote on the bill.
1.1
a legislator who engages in prolonged speaking to delay or obstruct legislative action
Examples
The filibuster spoke for hours without yielding the floor.
to filibuster
01
(in a legislature) to prevent imposing the required procedures by making long speeches
Intransitive: to filibuster
Transitive: to filibuster a bill or legislation
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
filibuster
3rd person singular
filibusters
present participle
filibustering
past simple
filibustered
past participle
filibustered
Examples
The minority party vowed to filibuster the tax reform bill.
