(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone in authority ~es something, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action.
The President ~ed the economic package passed by Congress.
= block
VERB: V n
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Veto is also a noun.
The ~ was a calculated political risk.
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2.
Veto is the right that someone in authority has to forbid something.
...the President’s power of ~.
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