to quash
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8.1
- verb
- /kwɑʃ/
- Formal
:
anular
- Their report, in fact, effectively quashed a long-running campaign to establish a Gary-like system in New York City.
- quash the subpoena
- court quashed
So the Supreme Court quashed Joe Biden's plan to forgive student debt, which was a big campaign promise of his.
- So the Supreme Court quashed Joe Biden's plan to forgive student debt, which was a big campaign promise of his.
- From a war hero to getting false accused of a crime in India, where you spent four years of your life, which eventually got quashed.
Examples
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She filed a motion to quash the subpoena, claiming it was overly broad.
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The Protocol fell because Britain regarded it as too onerous and firmly quashed any attempts to resurrect it.
Academic text (1995) -
Quash the outstanding warrant for your arrest.
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In the case at hand, the BBC uses multiple lawyers to quash an FOI request.
Blog text (22) -
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court intervened directly with Congress and the President in an effort to quash the compromise bill.
Academic text (2017) -
So the Supreme Court quashed Joe Biden's plan to forgive student debt, which was a big campaign promise of his.
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Fredrickson effectively quashed the public discussion by virtue of his title and position.
Blog text (24) -
But the court quashed the subpoena issued by Dear's lawyers for the INS.
Academic text (1998) -
Molly had told her a few ambitious parishioners had lobbied for an addition, but the historic preservationists had quashed the motion.
Fiction book (2001) -
34. On appeal, the Crete Court of Appeal quashed Mrs. Kokkinakis's conviction and reduced the fine and sentence imposed on Kokkinakis.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
224
1.0
To make a ticket, order, or rule no longer valid
156
4.0
To refuse to accept a decision, proposal, or law
122
5.6
Officially cancel a decision or law
109
4.9
To officially cancel a previous decision, especially by a court
96
6.7
To cancel a rule or decision because something else is more important
96
6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
89
5.7
To reject a decision or objection because someone else has more power
50
7.4
Declare a law or rule no longer valid
44
7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
33
6.1
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
23
7.1
To declare something legally invalid
16
3.9
To refuse to allow something, usually by an official rule
15
7.2
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
10
8.8
To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
6
6.3
Officially say that a law, contract, or marriage is no longer valid
To cancel an earlier decision that said something was not valid so it becomes valid again
Antonyms
How Invalid
- Formal
6
6.3
- Formal
122
5.6
- Formal
11
8.1
- Formal
192
4.1
839
1.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quash comes from an old word that meant 'to crush' or 'press down', and you can remember it by thinking of the word squash. So to quash a decision is to 'crush' it and make it invalid.