nixed
Put kibosh on
Nixed is the past tense of nix, meaning to reject, cancel, or put a stop to something: The studio nixed the sequel, Management nixed our proposal.
The word suggests a firm, often abrupt refusal—something gets shut down rather than merely declined.
Discarded as useless
abandoned · terminated · discontinued · halted · stopped · suspended · withdrawn · pulled
Declined to accept
- declinedRefused or diminished
- deniedRefused or disavowed
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- turned downRefused or rejected
shut down · dismissed · spurned · snubbed · blackballed · thumbed down · passed on · ruled out
Passage prevented or impeded
- overruledRejected by higher authority
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
- bannedOfficially disallowed
barred · disallowed · countermanded · overridden · shot down · struck down · invalidated · nullified
scrapped
Discarded as useless
dropped · abandoned · terminated · discontinued · halted · stopped · suspended · withdrawn · pulled · scratched
refused
Declined to accept
turned down · shut down · dismissed · spurned · snubbed · blackballed · thumbed down · passed on · ruled out · excluded
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
- overruledRejected by higher authority
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
banned · barred · disallowed · countermanded · overridden · shot down · struck down · invalidated · nullified · voided
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- turned downdeclined, refused, rejected, vetoed, spurned
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
nixedapproved
Officially accepted or permitted
sanctioned · greenlit · okayed · authorized · endorsed