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How to pronounce “filibuster”
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Pronunciation guide for filibuster
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of filibuster with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Can the US Unite after the Trump Assassination Attempt?
where the filibuster in the Senate,
- Definition summary
- (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
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How to pronounce filibuster
Can the US Unite after the Trump Assassination Attempt?
where the filibuster in the Senate,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “filibuster”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
- [Verb]
- To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
- (originally and chiefly US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
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