Kill, in a way

The answer

VETO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VETO answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TORPEDO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for VETO

Every other clue in this collection answered by VETO, most used first.

• Presidential power - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Nix - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Presidential rejection - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• Kill a bill - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Bill killer - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Presidential prerogative - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Reject - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Put the kibosh on - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• White House power - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Literally, "I forbid" - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Presidential turndown - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Quash - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn down - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Kill, as a bill - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Presidential thumbs-down - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Prohibit - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• White House no - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Forbid. - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• I forbid: Lat. - used 8 times, most recently in 1962
• Line-item __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Say no to - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• White House rejection - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Block, as a bill - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Overrule - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Presidential no - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• President's rejection - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Presidential action - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Presidential option - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Refuse to approve - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Reject, as a bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
• Way out there - AFAR, used 104 times
• One way to run - AMOK, used 102 times
• "The Way We ___" - WERE, used 82 times
• Way of walking - GAIT, used 72 times

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