The word "kibosh" means to put an end or stop something.
Sentences with «kibosh»
(See related blog post by Chameides: «China Puts Kibosh on New Coal Plants (in Three Regions).») (news.nationalgeographic.com)
It begins with King's US Open win, which makes her the highest - earning women's tennis player in the world, but her efforts to get equal prize payouts for women fails, kiboshed by Jack Kramer (Bill Pullman), head of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. (laineygossip.com)
As in, a quick trip to the mall gets quickly kiboshed when you spend 20 minutes circling the parking lot. (moneysense.ca)