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• past participle of nix.
• past tense form 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.

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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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nixed

In May, the powerful Imperial Irrigation District nixed Rucci’s plan to buy farmland, leave it fallow and use the allotted water from the Colorado River to cool the data center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Iranian team's World Cup participation had been clouded by the hostilities, and an original plan to base their training camp in Arizona was nixed in favor of Tijuana, just across the Mexican border.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

A few days after news dropped that “Hot Mess” was nixed, Earle posted a TikTok update responding to the chatter online about her work saying she also had “no idea what’s going on.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

The idea was eventually nixed, and in 2012, the suspects were arraigned again.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple