annul

[uh-nuhl] / əˈnʌl /

VERB

void an agreement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abolish abrogate cancel declare delete dissolve expunge invalidate nullify quash repeal rescind retract reverse revoke undo vacate

STRONG

abate annihilate countermand discharge efface erase kill negate neutralize nix obliterate recall scrub vitiate

WEAK

blot out call off get off the hook render null and void wipe out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve continue do enact enforce establish institute legalize pass permit ratify sanction support uphold validate

STRONG

create help revive save schedule set up

WEAK

keep restore retain revalidate

Example Sentences

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Last year, Sookmyung Women's University annulled an art education degree she graduated with in 1999, after an ethics panel found she had plagiarised her master's thesis.

From BBC

But in 2025, the Supreme Court annulled those verdicts on grounds that included "failure to examine all the necessary evidence" and ordered a new panel of judges to hear the case.

From Barron's

Bosnian Serbs will hold a partial repeat vote in February to replace their banned president Milorad Dodik after some results from November's election were annulled for fraud, the electoral commission said Wednesday.

From Barron's

Afrinic had scheduled elections for a new board of directors in June, but a court-ordered receiver annulled the results due to allegations of fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal

Andros immediately sought to annul the move on grounds that only he had the authority to name a thanksgiving day.

From The Wall Street Journal

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