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  • past tense form of nix.
  • past participle of nix.

nixed

American  
[nikst] / nɪkst /

adjective

Informal.
  1. vetoed, scrapped, denied, or discontinued; prevented from proceeding.

    The nixed trade deal means a less competitive environment in the construction sector.

    One of the nixed Facebook pages had more than one million followers.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of nix.

Etymology

Origin of nixed

First recorded in 1920–25, for an earlier sense; nix 1 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective; nix 1 ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb

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Iman, who will play Hades’ wife, Persephone, in the production, addressed the news that Segers had been nixed in a since-expired Instagram story on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Dave & Buster’s quietly nixed the remaining dates on the Hello Kitty tour shortly after the Irvine party.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

A training camp that had been fixed in Tucson, Arizona, was nixed at the last minute, with Iran setting up instead in Tijuana, just over the Mexican border.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

Assuming that neither company nixed the agreement, Anthropic could pay SpaceX up to $45 billion over three years.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

But Elijah, Harry, and Ennio had nixed them both.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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