to void

Examples

• All

• Doing so usually eats your battery faster, runs your device hotter than you'd like, and will probably void your warranty.

  Blog text (15)

• We will have my lawyer void the option.

  Fashions of 1934 (1934)

• Now, you get those charges voided, Senator, and you do it today.

  G.I. Jane (1997)

• Good, and while you're at it, void his ID.

  Xchange (2001)

• Reminder: Unsafe driving will void warranty.

  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

• This situation is no longer tolerable, and therefore your lease has been voided.

  Combat Shock (1986)

• If the fund's capitals drop too much, then the swaps contracts are voided.

  The Big Short (2015)

• It was the delay that caused the federal judge in Las Vegas to void several Lemelson patents involving machine vision this year.

  Academic text (2004)

• Justin Bruno, who last month won a close race for student-body president, on Monday asked a state court to block the university from voiding the results of the election and holding a second vote.

  Academic text (2016)

• The technician had to void the tank completely before repairs could begin.

Synonyms

C

to clear

vsto void

∞ 1.5

To remove people or things from a place

focuses on emptying a place of contents or occupants rather than only removing obstacles

C

to clean

vsto void

260 1.0

To empty something completely

can also mean clearing people from a place not only contents

E

to empty

vsto void

179 1.0

To remove everything from a container or place

also covers removing people or occupants as well

C

to clear out

vsto void

91 3.1

Remove all things from a place so it becomes empty

is the general act of making a place empty of contents or occupants

C

to clean out

vsto void

91 3.2

Empty a place or container by removing everything inside

includes removing occupants as well as contents or belongings

H

to hollow

vsto void

24 4.8

To remove the inside of something to make an empty space

means emptying by removing contents or people rather than carving out the core

C

to clear off

vsto void

8 3.0

Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean

is about removing contents or occupants from places rather than tidying surfaces

E

to evacuate

vsto void

5 5.0

To take out what is inside a container so it becomes empty

also covers removing occupants as well as contents in a place

E

to empty the tank

vsto void

3.9

Remove all fuel or other liquid from a tank until it is empty

is the general act of emptying places or containers not limited to tanks

Antonyms

F

to fill

∞ 1.0

To make a place full by putting people or things into it

O

to occupy

92 3.3

To fill space or time

Idioms

N

null and void

• Formal

12 4.8

Not legally valid or binding

How Emptied

to void

2 5.8

to evacuate

344 4.1

to unload

125 2.6

to remove

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

Etymology