kiboshes

present tense third-person singular of kibosh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiboshes
Verb
  • Treatment requires intravenous administration of ethanol or fomepizole, a specific antidote that blocks methanol’s toxic conversion.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The deals include truly innovative items, such as the Waoaw Blackout Sleep Mask, which blocks out 100 percent of light, and the Allclair Nausea Relief Inhaler, which offers a new solution to motion sickness.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Splatter paints, stems for flowers, spitball fights!
    Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Clip stems at different heights to show off each flower’s form, and fill in with foliage.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The keyboard also comes with a pairable mouse that automatically shuts off the user’s webcam when it’s placed on an accompanying dock.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Taliban shuts off Afghanistan internet nationwide Afghanistan imposed a nationwide internet blackout, the latest sign of the Taliban government’s increasingly severe rule.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many girls and women have turned to online education being offered by organizations in other countries, but the nationwide blackout now cuts off their access to that, too.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • For males, this means a vasectomy, which is a surgical procedure that cuts off the supply of sperm to the semen.
    Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An easy way to keep the lawn healthy and leaves off the lawn is to rake often.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to delivering high-quality search results, this method hinders search-engine cheating; artificially boosting your web page by putting up a thousand pages linking to it won’t accomplish much if those pages have low status.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This hinders the seamless experience essential for mass EV adoption.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Quince’s business model cuts out traditional middlemen like distributors to offer these high-quality materials like cashmere and silk at budget-friendly, accessible prices.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But what Morgan Stanley is doing now is preparing to offer direct ownership of crypto, which cuts out some third-party management fees and comes with greater risks.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Kiboshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiboshes. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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