to nullify
- verb
- /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/
- Specialized
- Setting the variable to null will nullify its previous content and ensure it is empty.
Examples
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Maybe you can make sure that all of the Archive* properties for the user's mailbox are nullified (have null values), just in case one of these is the key.
Blog text (25) -
In my testing, the return false nullifies the line break.
Blog text (10) -
Early in the second quarter, they had a touchdown nullified because of a holding penalty.
Blog text (31) -
And we could come up with some fair way to allocate leftover EVs due to rounding error, or, I prefer, simply nullify any remaining EVs.
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Normally, since performance is not as critical for these clocks, ClockPro can be given relaxed performance parameters, and the insertion of terminators can be nullified, thus saving on chip area and wiring congestion.
Academic text (1996) -
To nullify any default values in the form, you must set each field to null before submission.
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The code change will nullify the existing data, clearing out any previous entries.
Synonyms
To remove information like text or files so it cannot be seen
To remove everything from a container or place
Remove all traces of something from memory or history
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
To make something have no effect or value
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Morphology
Etymology
Nullify comes from Latin nullus ('not any') and the ending -ify ('to make'), the same idea as in simplify, meaning 'make nothing'. In computing, to nullify a field is to 'make it nothing' by setting it to a null value and removing its old content.