noun. Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases

noun. A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.

"Not surprisingly, the first name out of his mouth was that of Isiah Lord Thomas, seated in the first few rows and the instigator of what Jordan referred to as "the so-called freezeout" at the 1985 All-Star Game."

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