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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nullify, cancel |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, black out, bottle up, clamp down on, cork up, crack down on, declare null and void, discharge, dissolve, hush up, invalidate, kill, negate, overrule, overthrow, put damper on, put the lid on, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, shut down, squelch, undo, vacate, veto, vitiate, void, watergate |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, sanction, start, support |
| Main Entry: | revoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; cancel |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out of, backpedal, call back, call off, countermand, counterorder, declare null and void, deny, disclaim, dismantle, dismiss, disown, erase, expunge, forswear, invalidate, lift, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, recant, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, rub out, scrub, set aside, vacate, void, wipe out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | approve, authorize, enforce |
| Main Entry: | void |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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