Furthermore, I believe that the filibuster must be destroyed.
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Filibuster
//ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "filibuster" (130 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Translations
57 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пират noun (freebooter)
Catalan
3 entries- filibuster noun (freebooter)
- filibuster noun (member of a legislative body causing such obstruction)
- filibusterisme noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 拉布 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 冗長辯論 /冗长辩论 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- 拉布 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- 費力把事拖 /费力把事拖 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Danish
2 entries- filibuster noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- fribytter noun (freebooter)
Esperanto
1 entries- flibustro noun (freebooter)
Finnish
4 entries- jarruttaja noun (member of a legislative body causing such obstruction)
- jarrutus noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- jarrutuspuhe noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- palkkasoturi noun (freebooter)
French
2 entries- flibustier noun (freebooter)
- obstruction parlementaire noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
German
4 entries- Dauerrede noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- Dauerredner noun (member of a legislative body causing such obstruction)
- Ermüdungsrede noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- Filibuster noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Greek
4 entries- κουρσάρος noun (freebooter)
- κωλυσιεργία noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- κωλυσιεργός noun (member of a legislative body causing such obstruction)
- πειρατής noun (freebooter)
Hungarian
4 entries- fosztogató noun (freebooter)
- kalóz noun (freebooter)
- martalóc noun (freebooter)
- obstrukcionista noun (member of a legislative body causing such obstruction)
Icelandic
1 entries- málþóf noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Italian
2 entries- filibustiere noun (freebooter)
- ostruzionismo parlamentare noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Japanese
2 entries- フィリバスター noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- 議事妨害 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Korean
2 entries- 의사 진행 방해 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- 필리버스터 noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
Norwegian
2 entries- filibuster noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- fribytter noun (freebooter)
Portuguese
1 entries- flibusteiro noun (freebooter)
Russian
3 entries- наёмник noun (freebooter)
- пира́т noun (freebooter)
- флибустье́р noun (freebooter)
Spanish
1 entries- filibustero noun (freebooter)
Yiddish
2 entries- אָבסטרוקציע noun (long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision)
- אָבסטרויִרן verb (to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
These duties involved prodigious physical and mental exertion, in a climate deadly to Europeans. They also involved much voyaging in waters haunted by filibusters and buccaneers. But nothing appears to daunt Labat. As for the filibusters, he becomes their comrade and personal friend;—he even becomes their chaplain, and does not scruple to make excursions with them.
Source: wiktionary
Mexico's War of Independence (1810–1821) encouraged an increase in the activity of filibusters in northern Mexico, particularly Texas. Spain's concentration on repressing independence movements within Mexico created opportunities for filibusters to seize control of its northern frontier regions.
Source: wiktionary
Filibusters were American citizens who used armed force to procure economic and political influence beyond the borders of the United States from 1848–1861. Their efforts were directed mainly southward toward Cuba, Mexico, and the Central American republics. These illegal excursions disrupted diplomatic relations of the United States within its own hemisphere by damaging relations with Latin American countries and the United Kingdom.
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