filibuster [verb]: try to obstruct the passage of a bill (in a legislative assembly) by prolonged speaking.
Example: Despite all the filibustering, the bill was passed into law.
Related words: filibusterer [noun], filibuster [noun], filibusterism [noun]
Synonyms: block, check, delay, drag, hinder, inhibit, obstruct, prolong, protract, retard, stall, tarry, temporize
Antonyms: accelerate, catalyze, facilitate, hasten, hurry, quicken, promote, quicken
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