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   quash

   /kwɒʃ/

   verb

   • 1. reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure: "his conviction was quashed on appeal" Similar cancelreverserescindrepealrevokeretractcountermandwithdrawtake backrule againstdisallowoverturnoverrideoverrulevetoset asideoverthrowrepudiateannulnullifydeclare null and voidinvalidaterender invalidnegatevoidabrogatevacatearchaic:recallOpposite validate
   • ▪ put an end to; suppress: "a hospital executive quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs" Similar put an end tostamp output a stop toendfinishget rid ofcrushput downcheckcrack down oncurbnip in the budthwartfrustratesquashquellsubduesuppressrepressquenchextinguishstifleabolishterminatebeatovercomedefeatroutdestroydemolishannihilatewipe outinformal:squelchput the kibosh onclobberrare:extirpateOpposite bring aboutprompt

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French quasser ‘annul’, from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from cassus ‘null, void’. Compare with squash1.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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