Nixon tried to stonewall through Watergate by ignoring it, but it didn't work.
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Stonewall
//ˈstəʊnwɔːl//
Synonyms for "stonewall" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
Related word relations
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10 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
12 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- entorpir verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
- obstruir verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Dutch
1 entries- betonneren verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Finnish
1 entries- vuorenvarma adj (certain, definite)
French
1 entries- bétonner verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
German
2 entries- abblocken verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
- mauern verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Hungarian
1 entries- elzárkózik verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Portuguese
1 entries- tergiversar noun (refusal to cooperate)
Spanish
2 entries- entorpecer verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
- rehusarse a cooperar verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Tagalog
1 entries- dedma verb (to refuse to answer or cooperate)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Stonewall is a gay bar.
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That was what was causing the Government to hesitate in bringing down the Bill. There would be so many amendments proposed, and so many stonewalls erected, that much time would be occupied, and, that being so, he felt he must go on with other business first.
Source: wiktionary
[…] I suddenly realized that here was the opening I had been searching for and perhaps even the possibility of striking a great blow, a blow perhaps powerful enough to shatter her stonewall defence, be it sane or insane.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.
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