to nullify
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈnʌlɪˌfaɪ/
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anular
- Taken together, these provisions nullify any protection said to be provided by making marriage contingent on consent.
- nullify the effect
- effectively nullifying
- nullify any protection
What if instead you nullify this disjunction?
- What if instead you nullify this disjunction?
- Negation is not purely nullifying or destroying.
- If there is no air, then the blast wave does not exist and half of why you would ever use the bomb is nullified.
- And the dangerous thing with this is that if they do eventually defeat racism, then their identity is essentially nullified.
- And then obviously I gave you a little CPR, a young CPR, and then like that just got nullified that that wasn't in there.
- And so they nullified this gorgeous athletic play that no one could ever do any better.
Examples
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Tarasoff does not nullify the practitioner's ethical obligation to protect client confidentiality under most circumstances.
Academic text (1994) -
And maybe this warm brown tone will help nullify the blue.
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Too much information at a time can be overwhelming and nullify the good that might have been done.
Blog text (5) -
When people make amends, this may nullify the negative effects of self-blame on recovery.
Academic text (1995) -
One way of remediating the problems of the policy doctrine is to nullify or limit it legislatively.
Academic text (2016) -
If the foundation is destroyed, this interconnected system will collapse, nullifying 30 years of efforts by the world community.
Academic text (2000) -
One of the reasons advanced to justify privatization was that it would nullify the role of lineage elders and chiefs.
Academic text (1995) -
Realists make powerful arguments when they point to the nullifying effects on adventurism of nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
Academic text (1995) -
Uh, while we concede the election, I want all of you to know that in no way does this nullify your involvement or diminish the ideals that you've embraced.
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The new evidence could nullify the previous findings of the investigation.
Synonyms
502
3.4
Remove or kill something completely so it is gone
102
2.6
Cancel the effect of an action or decision
96
6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
63
3.9
To make a device, system, or account stop working
52
5.3
To make something no longer work or be true
47
4.8
To act against something to reduce its effect
39
5.6
To stop an action or effect by acting against it
29
4.6
To make a feeling or idea go away
12
4.0
Make one thing stop the effect of another so nothing happens
10
9.1
To take away an important part so something loses its power
9
5.1
To balance the effect of something by adding an opposite force
4
9.3
To act against something to reduce its effect
4
5.8
To make something stop working
1
7.8
To make something have no effect or value
1
9.8
Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well
Antonyms
How Effective
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6.8
- Formal
6
6.3
224
1.0
39
5.6
47
4.8
270
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nullify comes from the Latin nullus ('not any') plus -ify ('to make'), just like in simplify, so it literally means 'make nothing'. That's why to nullify something is to cancel its effect or value and stop it from working.