| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, cancel |
| Synonyms: | abnegate, abrogate, annul, black out, bleep, blue pencil, clean up, cut, declare null and void, discharge, dissolve, drop*, gut, invalidate, launder, rescind, sanitize, sterilize, take out, trim, vacate |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, sanction, validate |