Example : It looked like nothing I had ever seen before.
Reduced to nil all the work we had done.
We racked up a pathetic goose egg.
It was all for naught.
I didn't hear zilch about it.

Synonyms : aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

Example : I forbid you to call me late at night.
Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store.
Dad nixed our plans.

Synonyms : disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto